Olibrus Explained

Olibrus is a genus of shining flower beetles in the family Phalacridae. There are at least 30 described species in Olibrus.

Species

These 37 species belong to the genus Olibrus:

• Olibrus aenescens Küster, 1852

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• Olibrus aeneus (Fabricius, 1792)

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• Olibrus affinis (Sturm, 1807)

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• Olibrus baudueri Flach, 1888

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• Olibrus bicolor (Fabricius, 1792)

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• Olibrus bimaculatus Küster, 1848

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• Olibrus bisignatus (Ménétriés, 1849)

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• Olibrus brunneus (Motschulsky, 1858)

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• Olibrus bullatus Casey, 1916

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• Olibrus castaneus Baudi di Selve, 1870

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• Olibrus caucasicus Tournier, 1889

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• Olibrus cinerariae Wollaston, 1854

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• Olibrus congener Wollaston, 1864

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• Olibrus consanguineus Flach

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• Olibrus corticalis (Panzer, 1797)

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• Olibrus delicatulus Tournier, 1889

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• Olibrus demarzoi Svec & Angelini, 1996

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• Olibrus fallax Flach, 1888

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• Olibrus flavicornis (Sturm, 1807)

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• Olibrus gerhardti Flach, 1888

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• Olibrus guttatus Tournier, 1889

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• Olibrus koltzei Flach, 1888

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• Olibrus liquidus Erichson, 1845

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• Olibrus millefolii (Paykull, 1800)

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• Olibrus norvegicus Munster, 1901

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• Olibrus particeps Mulsant & Rey, 1861

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• Olibrus pygmaeus (Sturm, 1807)

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• Olibrus reitteri Flach, 1888

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• Olibrus reyi Guillebeau, 1892

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• Olibrus rufipes LeConte, 1856

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• Olibrus seidlitzi Flach, 1888

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• Olibrus selvei Guillebeau, 1892

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• Olibrus semistriatus LeConte, 1856

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• Olibrus singularis Tournier, 1889

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• Olibrus stierlini Flach, 1888

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• Olibrus subaereus Wollaston, 1864

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• Olibrus vittatus LeConte, 1863

^{g b}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Bouchard . Patrice. Bousquet . Yves. Davies . Anthony E.. Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lawrence . John F.. Lyal . Chris H. C.. Newton . Alfred F.. Reid . Chris A. M.. Schmitt . Michael. Ślipiński . S. Adam. Smith . Andrew B. T.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. free.
• Gimmel . M.. 2013. Genus-level revision of the family Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Zootaxa. 3605. 1–147. 10.11646/zootaxa.3605.1.1 . 24614246.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Lord . Nathan Patrick. Hartley . Christopher S.. Lawrence . John F.. McHugh . Joseph V.. Whiting . Michael. Miller . Kelly. 4. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of the minute brown scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), and recognition of a new beetle family, Akalyptoischiidae fam. n. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology. 35. 4. 753–763. 0307-6970. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00532.x.
• Majka . C.. Langor . D.. 2008. The Phalacridae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) of Canada: new records, distribution, and bionomics with a particular focus on the Atlantic Canadian fauna. ZooKeys. 2. 209–220. 10.3897/zookeys.2.16. free.
• Scott . Hugh. 1922. Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, vol. 7, no. 4. Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae, Scaphidiidae, Phalacridae, Cucujidae (Supplement), Lathridiidae, Mycetophagidae (including Propalticus), Bostrychidae, Lyctidae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Ser. 2, Zoology. 18. 195–260. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1922.tb00550.x.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

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