Pityophagus Explained

Pityophagus is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about six described species in Pityophagus.

Species

These six species belong to the genus pedro:

• Pityophagus cephalotes LeConte, 1866
• Pityophagus ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pityophagus laevior Abeille, 1872
• Pityophagus quercus Reitter, 1877
• Pityophagus rufipennis Horn, 1872
• Pityophagus verticalis Horn, 1879

Further reading

• An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae). 2006. Price . Michele B.. Young . Daniel K.. Insecta Mundi. 20. 1–2. 69–84. 0749-6737.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.