Lioon

Genus of beetles

Lioon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Byrrhidae
Tribe: Simplocariini
Genus: Lioon
Casey, 1912

Lioon is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least four described species in Lioon.[1][2][3]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Lioon:

  • Lioon nezperce Johnson, 1991
  • Lioon puncticeps Casey
  • Lioon simplicipes (Mannerheim, 1852)
  • Lioon speculare Casey

References

  1. ^ "Lioon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Lioon". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

  • Johnson, Paul J. (1991). "Taxonomic reviews of Lioon Casey and Listemus Casey, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 93 (3): 709–718. ISSN 0013-8797.
  • Lawrence, John F.; Slipinski, Adam; Jäger, Olaf; Pütz, Andreas (2013). "The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species". Zootaxa. 3745 (3): 301–29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.1. PMID 25113351.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
Taxon identifiers
Lioon


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