Aeletes Explained

Aeletes is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 80 described species in Aeletes.

Species

These 87 species belong to the genus Aeletes:

• Aeletes aciculatus Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes aldridgei Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes angustisternus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes angustus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes assimilis Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes atomarius (Aubé, 1842)
• Aeletes basalis (J.L.LeConte, 1851)
• Aeletes blackburni Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes brevisternus (Marseul, 1856)
• Aeletes clarulus (Reitter, 1884)
• Aeletes concentricus Blackburn & Sharp, 1885
• Aeletes confusus (Blackburn, 1885)
• Aeletes crenatus Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes ctenomyphilus (Bickhardt, 1920)
• Aeletes daubani (Scott, 1913)
• Aeletes davidsoni (Scott, 1913)
• Aeletes dybasi Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes espanoli Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes eutretus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes facilis Blackburn & Sharp, 1885
• Aeletes flavitarsis Lewis, 1879
• Aeletes floridae (Marseul, 1862)
• Aeletes fordi Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes franzi Gomy, 1984
• Aeletes fryeri (Scott, 1913)
• Aeletes fuscus Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes gemmula (Wollaston, 1865)
• Aeletes germanus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes gulliver (Marseul, 1856)
• Aeletes haleakalae (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes hawaiiensis (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes insignis Casey, 1916
• Aeletes insolitus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes jamaicus Gomy, 1981
• Aeletes kaalae Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes kauaiensis (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes kilaueae Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes kukuiae (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes laevis (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes laeviusculus (Marseul, 1856)
• Aeletes lanaiensis (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes leai Gomy, 1983
• Aeletes lewisi Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes lissosternus Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes longipes Blackburn & Sharp, 1885
• Aeletes makaweliae (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes mauiae (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes minor (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes mohihiensis Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes molokaiae (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes monticola Blackburn & Sharp, 1885
• Aeletes neckerensis Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes negrei Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes nepos (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes oahuensis Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes orioli Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes ornatus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes oromii Yélamos, 1995
• Aeletes parvulus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes perkinsi (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes poeyi (Marseul, 1862)
• Aeletes politus (J. L. LeConte, 1853)
• Aeletes pulchellus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes punctatus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes rectistrius Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes romiae Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes rugiceps Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes rugipygus Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes samuelsoni Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes schwarzi Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes scotti Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes sculptus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes sharpi Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes similis (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes simplex (J. E. LeConte, 1844)
• Aeletes simpliculus (Marseul, 1856)
• Aeletes solitarius (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes subalatus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes subbasalis (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes subniger Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes subrotundus (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes sulcipennis Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes swezeyi Yélamos, 1998
• Aeletes termitophilus Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes troglodytes Wenzel, 1944
• Aeletes waianaae (Scott, 1908)
• Aeletes zimmermani Yélamos, 1998

Further reading

• The Aeletes of the Hawaiian Islands (Coleoptera: Histeridae). 1998. Yélamos . Tomàs. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 54. 1–61. 0893-1348.
• Book: A Concise Catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 2011. Mazur . Slawomir. WULS - SGGW Press. 978-83-7583-3171.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.