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Xerosaprinus

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Xerosaprinus

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Xerosaprinus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 20 described species in Xerosaprinus.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyHisteridae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
664
With media
1
Family
Histeridae
Collections
MNA, DMNS, FMNH
Recorded in
United States, MéXico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Histeridae
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taxon name
Xerosaprinus
taxon rank
genus
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Xerosaprinus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 20 described species in Xerosaprinus.

==Species== These 29 species belong to the genus Xerosaprinus: Xerosaprinus acilinea (Marseul, 1862) Xerosaprinus bispeculatus (Casey, 1916) Xerosaprinus chiliensis (Marseul, 1855) Xerosaprinus ciliatoides (Fall, 1917) Xerosaprinus ciliatus (J. L. LeConte, 1851) Xerosaprinus coerulescens (J. L. LeConte, 1851) Xerosaprinus desertoides (McGrath & Hatch, 1941) Xerosaprinus diptychus (Marseul, 1855) Xerosaprinus effusus (Casey, 1916) Xerosaprinus fimbriatus (J. L. LeConte, 1851) Xerosaprinus fulgidus (J.E.LeConte, 1859) Xerosaprinus hidalgo Mazur, 1990 Xerosaprinus ignotus (Marseul, 1855) Xerosaprinus intritus (Casey, 1893) Xerosaprinus laciniatus (Casey, 1916) Xerosaprinus lubricus (J. L. LeConte, 1851) Xerosaprinus martini (Fall, 1917) Xerosaprinus neglectus (Marseul, 1855) Xerosaprinus orbicularis Xerosaprinus orbiculatus (Marseul, 1855) Xerosaprinus plenus (J.L.LeConte, 1851) Xerosaprinus psyche (Casey, 1916) Xerosaprinus scabriceps (Casey, 1916) Xerosaprinus testudo (Casey, 1916) Xerosaprinus vafer (Marseul, 1855) Xerosaprinus vestitus (J. L. LeConte, 1851) Xerosaprinus viator (Marseul, 1855) Xerosaprinus vitiosus (J. L. LeConte, 1851) Xerosaprinus wenzeli Bousquet & Laplante, 2006

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