Bactridium Explained

Bactridium is a genus of root-eating beetles in the family Monotomidae. There are about 18 described species in Bactridium.^[1]

Species

These 29 species belong to the genus Bactridium:

• Bactridium adustum Reitter, 1873

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• Bactridium angulicolle Reitter, 1873

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• Bactridium angustum Sharp, 1900

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• Bactridium atratum Reitter, 1876
• Bactridium brevicolle Reitter, 1876
• Bactridium californicum Fall, 1917

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• Bactridium cephalotes (Pascoe, 1863)
• Bactridium convexulum Casey, 1916

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• Bactridium cubaense Chevrolat, 1863

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• Bactridium curtipenne Casey, 1916

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• Bactridium divisum Sharp, 1900

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• Bactridium ephippiger (Guérin-Méneville, 1837)
• Bactridium ephippigerum (Guerin-Meneville, 1829)

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• Bactridium erythropterum (Melsheimer, 1844)

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• Bactridium exiguum Grouvelle, 1908

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• Bactridium flohri Sharp, 1900

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• Bactridium fryi Horn, 1879
• Bactridium germanum Sharp, 1900

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• Bactridium heydeni Reitter, 1873

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• Bactridium hudsoni Casey, 1916

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• Bactridium humile Grouvelle, 1906
• Bactridium insularis Van Dyke, 1953
• Bactridium nanus (Erichson, 1843)
• Bactridium obscurum Casey, 1916

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• Bactridium orientalis (Reitter, 1872)
• Bactridium parvum Grouvelle, 1906
• Bactridium quadricollis (Reitter, 1872)
• Bactridium rude Sharp, 1900

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• Bactridium striolatum (Reitter, 1872)

^{i c g b}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Bouchard . Patrice. Bousquet . Yves. Davies . Anthony E.. Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lawrence . John F.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. free.
• Book: Bousquet . Yves. Arnett Jr. . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . Michael C.. Skelley . Paul E.. Frank . J. Howard. 2002. Family 79. Monotomidae Laporte 1840. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 319–321. 0-8493-0954-9.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Lord . Nathan Patrick. Hartley . Christopher S.. Lawrence . John F.. McHugh . Joseph V.. Whiting . Michael. 4. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of the minute brown scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), and recognition of a new beetle family, Akalyptoischiidae fam. n. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology. 35. 4. 753–763. 0307-6970. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00532.x. 54735522.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

Notes and References

1. http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Monotomidae.txt Monotomidae Species List