Trypeticus

Trypeticus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Histeridae.

==Taxonomy== In 1984, Marseul described the genus as a division of the Neotropical genus Trypanaeus described by Eschscholtz in 1829. Then he included many Indo-malayan Archipelago species based on differently shaped mesosternum. However his most works were described by stating the genus as a subgenus within Trypanaeus. Then in 1916, Bickhardt gave a solid basis for Trypeticus as separate genus and formed the separate subfamily Trypeticinae. Between 1920 and 1930, the forestry entomologist L.G.E. Kalshoven collected several species of the genus on Java and Sumatra which are currently preserved in The Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum at Leiden. In 1999, Slipinski and Mazur removed the subfamily Trypeticinae into the synonymy of Trypanaeinae.