Arthrolips Explained

Arthrolips is a genus of minute hooded beetles in the family Corylophidae. There are more than 20 described species in Arthrolips.

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Arthrolips:

• Arthrolips alluaudi (Paulian, 1950)
• Arthrolips cinctus Casey, 1900
• Arthrolips convexiuscula (Motschulsky, 1849)
• Arthrolips decolor (LeConte, 1852)
• Arthrolips fasciata Erichson, 1842
• Arthrolips hetschkoi (Reitter, 1913)
• Arthrolips humilis (Rosenhauer, 1856)
• Arthrolips indescreta (Peyerimhoff, 1917)
• Arthrolips klapperichi Bowestead, 1999
• Arthrolips matthewsi (Csiki, 1900)
• Arthrolips meionitida Bowestead, 1999
• Arthrolips misella
• Arthrolips misellus (LeConte, 1852)
• Arthrolips mollinus (Schwarz, 1878)
• Arthrolips nimius Casey, 1900
• Arthrolips oblonga (Broun, 1893)
• Arthrolips obscura (Sahlberg, 1833)
• Arthrolips palmarum (Paulian, 1950)
• Arthrolips picea (Comolli, 1837)
• Arthrolips robustulus Casey
• Arthrolips scitulus (LeConte, 1852)
• Arthrolips sparsus Casey, 1900
• Arthrolips splendens (Schwarz, 1878)

Further reading

• Phylogeny and classification of Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) with descriptions of new genera and larvae. 2009. Slipinski . Adam. Tomaszewska . Wioletta. Lawrence . John F.. Systematic Entomology. 34. 3. 409–433. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00471.x. free.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.