Agyrtidae

Lyrosoma pallidum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Agyrtidae
Subfamiliae (3): Agyrtinae – Necrophilinae – Pterolomatinae

Overview of genera (12)

Agyrtes – Apteroloma – Ecanus – Ipelates – Lyrosoma – Necrophilus – Pteroloma – Zeanecrophilus – †Mesecanus – ?†Miosilpha – ?†Ponomarenkia – ?†Sinosilphia

Name

Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859

References

• Newton, A.F. 1997: Review of Agyrtidae (Coleoptera), with a new genus and species from New Zealand. Annales zoologici, 47(1/2): 111–156.
• Růžička, J.; Pütz, A. 2009: New species and new records of Agyrtidae (Coleoptera) from China, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 49: 631–650. PDF
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2004
  ISBN 8788757749, p.131

Links

• Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Agyrtidae Thomson 1859. Primitive carrion beetles. Version 10 May 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Agyrtidae/9617/2007.05.10 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
• Agyrtidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Atlas of the family Agyrtidae of Russia

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Scheinaaskäfer
English: primitive carrion beetles, burying beetles
norsk: Sumpbiller
русский: Агиртиды

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