Sapintus
adult female Sapintus deitzi, length about 3 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Tenebrionoidea
Family:
Anthicidae
Subfamily:
Anthicinae
Genus:
Sapintus

Sapintus is a genus of antlike flower beetles in the family Anthicidae. There are at least 13 described species in Sapintus.[1][2]

Species

  • Sapintus arizonicus Werner, 1962
  • Sapintus caudatus Werner, 1962
  • Sapintus corticalis (LeConte, 1851)
  • Sapintus fulvipes (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
  • Sapintus hispidulus Casey, 1895
  • Sapintus lemniscatus Werner, 1962
  • Sapintus lutescens (Champion, 1890)
  • Sapintus pallidus (Say, 1826)
  • Sapintus pubescens (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
  • Sapintus pusillus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
  • Sapintus similis Werner, 1983
  • Sapintus teapensis (Champion, 1890)
  • Sapintus timidus Casey, 1895

References

  1. ↑ "Sapintus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sapintus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  • Chandler, Donald S. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr, Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 117: Anthicidae Latreille 1819". American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 549–558.
  • Werner, F. G. (1962). "A Revision of the Nearctic Species of Sapintus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 55, no. 5, 492–498.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.


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