Anogdus Explained

Anogdus is a genus of round fungus beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least 16 described species in Anogdus.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomic note:

• Peck & Cook (2013:3) note "The genus is Nearctic in published distribution, with unpublished material known from the Neotropics," so future work is likely to reveal new neotropical species, and/or expand the range of known species.^[2]

Species

• Anogdus alachua Peck and Cook, 2013
• Anogdus capitatus LeConte, 1866
• Anogdus cochise Peck and Cook, 2013
• Anogdus dissimilis Blatchley, 1916
• Anogdus fusciclavus (Fall, 1925)
• Anogdus huachuca Peck and Cook, 2013
• Anogdus insolitus (Brown, 1937)
• Anogdus obsoletus (Melsheimer, 1844)
• Anogdus potens (Brown, 1932)
• Anogdus puritanus (Fall, 1925)
• Anogdus rileyi Peck and Cook, 2013
• Anogdus sculpturatus (Fall, 1910)
• Anogdus secretus (Brown, 1937)
• Anogdus superans (Fall, 1910)
• Anogdus texanus Peck and Cook, 2013
• Anogdus tridens Peck and Cook, 2013

References

• Peck, Stewart B. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr. and Michael C. Thomas, eds. (2001). "Family 19. Leiodidae Fleming, 1821". American Beetles, vol. 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia, 250–258.
• Peck, Stewart B., and Joyce Cook (2013). "A revision of the species of Anogdus LeConte of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini)". Insecta Mundi, no. 0290, 1-27.

Further reading

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Anogdus
• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anogdus Genus Information. BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. 2018-01-25.
2. Web site: Anogdus Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-25.