Tropicus

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Tropicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Heteroceridae
Genus: Tropicus
Pacheco, 1964

Tropicus is a genus of variegated mud-loving beetles in the family Heteroceridae. There are more than 30 described species in Tropicus.[1][2][3]

Species[edit]

These 33 species belong to the genus Tropicus:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tropicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Tropicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading[edit]

  • Pacheco, Francisco (1978). "Family: Heteroceridae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
  • 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.