Pseudoholostrophus Explained

Pseudoholostrophus is a genus of polypore fungus beetles in the family Tetratomidae. There are at least four described species in Pseudoholostrophus. Two of these described species are Nearctic.

Pseudoholostrophus is distinct from Holostrophus due to the presence of its smaller, more weakly emarginate eyes and the prosternal process not extending behind the posterior edge of the procoxae.^[1]

Species

These two species belong to the genus Pseudoholostrophus:

• Pseudoholostrophus discolor (Horn, 1888)
• Pseudoholostrophus impressicollis (LeConte, 1874)

Further reading

• Review of the Eustrophinae (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae) of America north of Mexico. 2012. Pollock . D.. ZooKeys. 188. 1–153. 10.3897/zookeys.188.2976. 3345898. 22611332. free.
• Review of the Canadian Eustrophinae (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae). 2008. Pollock . D.. ZooKeys. 2. 261–290. 10.3897/zookeys.2.30. free.
• Book: Tenebrionoidea: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Ripiphoridae, Prostomidae, Oedemeridae, Mycteridae, Pythidae, Aderidae, Scraptiidae, Critical checklist, distribution in Poland and meta-analysis. 2014. Kubisz . Daniel. Iwan . Dariusz. Tykarski . Piotr. University of Warsaw - Faculty of Biology & Natura optima dux Foundation. 978-83-935107-9-5.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26090-0.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nikitsky . Nikolai . 1998 . Generic classification of the beetle family Tetratomidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) of the world, with description of new taxa .