Pocadius Explained

Pocadius is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about nine described species in Pocadius.

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Pocadius:

• Pocadius adustus Reitter, 1888

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• Pocadius basalis Schaeffer, 1911

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• Pocadius centralis Cline, 2008

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• Pocadius ferrugineus (Fabricius, 1775)

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• Pocadius fulvipennis Erichson, 1843

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• Pocadius helvolus Erichson, 1843

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• Pocadius luisalfredoi Cline, 2008

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• Pocadius niger Parsons, 1936

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• Pocadius tepicensis Cline, 2008

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

Further reading

• Revision of the sap beetle genus Pocadius Erichson, 1843 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae). 2008. Cline . Andrew R.. Zootaxa. 1799. 1. 1. 10.11646/zootaxa.1799.1.1.
• An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae). 2006. Price . Michele B.. Young . Daniel K.. Insecta Mundi. 20. 1–2. 69–84. 0749-6737.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.