Aclypea Explained

Aclypea is a genus of carrion beetles in the family Silphidae. There are 11 described species in Aclypea.^[1]

Species

• Aclypea bicarinata (Gebler, 1830)
• Aclypea bituberosa (LeConte, 1859) (western spinach carrion beetle)
• Aclypea calva (Reitter, 1890)
• Aclypea cicatricosa Reitter, 1884
• Aclypea daurica (Gebler, 1832)
• Aclypea opaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aclypea pamirensis Jakowlew, 1887
• Aclypea sericea (Zoubkoff, 1833)
• Aclypea souverbii (Fairmaire, 1848)
• Aclypea turkestanica (Ballion, 1870)
• Aclypea undata (Müller, 1776)

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.

Notes and References

1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id5331/