Cytilus

Cytilus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Byrrhidae
Tribe: Byrrhini
Genus:
Erichson, 1847

Cytilus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are about eight described species in Cytilus.[1][2][3]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Cytilus:

  • Cytilus alternatus (Say, 1825)
  • Cytilus auricomus (Duftschmid, 1825)
  • Cytilus kanoi Takizawa & Nakane, 1977
  • Cytilus longulus Casey
  • Cytilus mimicus Casey, 1912
  • Cytilus nigrans Casey
  • Cytilus sericeus (Forster, 1771)
  • Cytilus tartarinus Scudder, 1900

References

  1. ^ "Cytilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Cytilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

  • Media related to Cytilus at Wikimedia Commons