Niptus
Niptus is a genus of beetle present in the Australian region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa.
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| Genus: | Niptus Boieldieu, 1856 |
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Niptus as it is currently described is polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera.[1]
Species include:[2]
- Niptus abditus
- Niptus absconditus
- Niptus abstrusus
- Niptus arcanus
- Niptus giulianii
- Niptus hololeucus – golden spider beetle
- Niptus neotomae
- Niptus sleeperi
- Niptus ventriculus
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- Philips, T. K. (2000). Phylogenetic analysis of the New World Ptininae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea). Systematic Entomology 25 235-62.
- Niptus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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