Discheramocephalus

Discheramocephalus is a genus of feather-winged beetles, the smallest beetles on earth, first found in Cameroon.[1] It was originally described in 2007 as a monotypic genus (only a single known species).[2] Six additional species were added in 2008, and two were added in 2013.[1][3]

Discheramocephalus
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Discheramocephalus

Johnson, 2007
Type species
Discheramocephalus semisulcatus
Johnson, 2007
Species

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Species

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References

  1. Grebennikov, Vasily V. "How small you can go: Factors limiting body miniaturization in winged insects with a review of the pantropical genus Discheramocephalus and description of six new species of the smallest beetles (Pterygota: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)." European Journal of Entomology105.2 (2008): 313.
  2. Johnson, Colin. 2007: Studies on Ptiliidae (Col.) from the Solomon Islands, 1. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 143: 213-226
  3. Darby, Michael (2013-10-04). "Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 1: The Tribe Discheramocephalini including eighteen new species". Zootaxa. 3718 (3): 239–266. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3718.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334.

Further reading

  • Grebennikov, Vasily V. "Discheramocephalini, a new pantropical tribe of featherwing beetles (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae): description of new taxa and phylogenetic analysis." Systematic Entomology 34.1 (2009): 113–136.


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