Cytilus Explained

Cytilus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are about eight described species in Cytilus.

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Cytilus:

• Cytilus alternatus (Say, 1825)
• Cytilus auricomus (Duftschmid, 1825)
• Cytilus kanoi Takizawa & Nakane, 1977
• Cytilus longulus Casey
• Cytilus mimicus Casey, 1912
• Cytilus nigrans Casey
• Cytilus sericeus (Forster, 1771)
• Cytilus tartarinus Scudder, 1900

Further reading

• The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species. 2013. Lawrence . John F.. Slipinski . Adam. Jäger . Olaf. Pütz . Andreas. Zootaxa. 3745. 3. 301–29. 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.1. 25113351.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.