Dascillus Explained

Dascillus is a genus of soft-bodied plant beetles in the family Dascillidae. There are more than 20 described species in Dascillus.

Species

These 24 species belong to the genus Dascillus:

• Dascillus cervinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dascillus chifengi Jin, Ślipiński & Pang, 2013
• Dascillus congruus Pascoe, 1860
• Dascillus corporaali Pic, 1923
• Dascillus davidsoni (LeConte, 1859)
• Dascillus elongatus Zhang, 1989
• Dascillus flatus Zhang, 1989
• Dascillus formosanus Jin, Ślipiński & Pang, 2013
• Dascillus lanceus Jin, Ślipiński & Pang, 2013
• Dascillus latahensis Lewis, 1973
• Dascillus lateralis Megerle
• Dascillus levigatus Li, Ślipiński & Jin, 2017
• Dascillus liangshanensis
• Dascillus lithographicus Wickham, 1911
• Dascillus malachiticus Knoch
• Dascillus musculus Zhang & al., 1994
• Dascillus plumbeus (Horn, 1880)
• Dascillus relictus Zhang, 1989
• Dascillus shandongianus Zhang, 1989
• Dascillus sicanus Fairmaire, 1861
• Dascillus smaragdinus Megerle
• Dascillus sparsus Dahl
• Dascillus subundatus Peiroleri
• † Dascyllus lithographicus Wickham, 1911

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.