Euxestidae

Euxestidae is a family of beetles in the order Coleoptera, formerly included within the family Cerylonidae.

Euxestidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Euxestidae
Grouvelle, 1908
Synonyms
  • Euxestinae Grouvelle, 1908

Selected Genera

  • Euxestoxenus Arrow, 1925
  • Euxestus Wollaston, 1858
  • Hypodacne LeConte, 1875
  • Hypodacnella Slipinski, 1988
  • Metacerylon Grouvelle, 1906
  • Protoxestus Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1973

References

    Further reading

    • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
    • Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
    • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
    • Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.
    • Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
    • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
    • Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
    • Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.
    • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
    • Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
    • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
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