Pedilus Explained

Pedilus is a genus of fire-colored beetles in the family Pyrochroidae. There are at least 20 described species in Pedilus.

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Pedilus:

• Pedilus abnormis (Horn, 1874)

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• Pedilus bardii (Horn, 1874)

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• Pedilus canaliculatus (LeConte, 1866)

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• Pedilus cavatus Fall, 1915

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• Pedilus cyanipennis Bland, 1864

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• Pedilus elegans (Hentz, 1830)

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• Pedilus flabellatus (Horn, 1883)

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• Pedilus flexiventris Fall, 1915

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• Pedilus fuscus Fisher von Waldheim, 1822

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• Pedilus impressus (Say, 1826)

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• Pedilus inconspicuus (Horn, 1874)

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• Pedilus joanae

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• Pedilus labiatus (Say, 1827)

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• Pedilus laevicollis Reitter, 1901

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• Pedilus lewisii (Horn, 1871)

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• Pedilus longilobus Fall, 1915

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• Pedilus lugubris Say

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• Pedilus oregonus Fall, 1915

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• Pedilus parvicollis Fall, 1919

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• Pedilus punctulatus LeConte, 1851

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• Pedilus rubricollis Motschulsky, 1858

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• Pedilus terminalis (Say, 1827)

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• Pedilus weberi Reitter, 1901

^gData 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.. Lyal . Chris H. C.. Newton . Alfred F.. Reid . Chris A. M.. Schmitt . Michael. Ślipiński . S. Adam. Smith . Andrew B. T.. 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: 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.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

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