Anostirus

Anostirus is a genus of beetles in the family Elateridae.[1]

Anostirus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Dendrometrinae
Tribe: Prosternini
Genus: Anostirus
C. G. Thomson, 1859

The genus was described in 1859 by Carl Gustaf Thomson.[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Species:

  • Anostirus alexandri Wurst, 1995[1]
  • Anostirus ataturki Platia & Gudenzi, 2000[1]
  • Anostirus atropilosus Buysson, 1898[1]
  • Anostirus purpureus (Poda, 1761)[1]

References
  1. "IRMNG - Anostirus Thomson, 1859". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. "Anostirus C.G.Thomson, 1859". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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