Brachypterolus pulicarius

Brachypterolus pulicarius, known generally as the toadflax flower-eating beetle or antirrhinum beetle, is a species of short-winged flower beetle in the family Kateretidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.[1][2][3]

Brachypterolus pulicarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Kateretidae
Genus: Brachypterolus
Species:
B. pulicarius
Binomial name
Brachypterolus pulicarius
(Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. "Brachypterolus pulicarius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Brachypterolus pulicarius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

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


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