Xerasia Explained

Xerasia is a genus of fruitworm beetles in the family Byturidae. There are four described species in Xerasia.^[1]

Species

• Xerasia grisescens (Jayne, 1882)
• Xerasia meschniggi (Reitter, 1905)
• Xerasia punica Goodrich & Springer, 1988
• Xerasia variegata Lewis, 1895

Further reading

• Book:
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.

Notes and References

1. C.A. Springer & M.A. Goodrich (1994) A Revision of the Subfamily Platydascillinae (Coleoptera: Byturidae) from Southeast Asia, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Three New Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 60-78