Spilodiscus Explained

Spilodiscus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are about 9 described species in Spilodiscus.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Spilodiscus arcuatus (Say, 1825)
• Spilodiscus biplagiatus (J. E. LeConte, 1845)
• Spilodiscus flohri (Lewis, 1898)
• Spilodiscus floridanus Ross, 1940
• Spilodiscus gloveri (Horn, 1870)
• Spilodiscus instratus (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
• Spilodiscus sellatus (J. L. LeConte, 1857)
• Spilodiscus skelleyi Caterino and Kovarik, 2001
• Spilodiscus ulkei (Horn, 1870)

References

• Caterino, Michael S. (1998). "A phylogenetic revision of Spilodiscus Lewis (Coleoptera: Histeridae)". Journal of Natural History, vol. 32, no. 8, 1129–1168.
• Mazur, Slawomir (1997). "A world catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea)". Genus, International Journal of Invertebrate Taxonomy (Supplement), 373.

Further reading

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Spilodiscus
• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spilodiscus Genus Information. BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. 2018-01-25.
2. Web site: Spilodiscus Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-25.