Hemipeplus is a genus of beetles in the family Mycteridae. There are 57 described species in Hemipeplus. These beetles are pantropical in distribution and primarily mycophagous.Thomas, M.C. & Woodruff, R.E. (1986) Description of the larvae of two species of Hemipeplus Latreille (Coleoptera: Mycteridae). Insecta Mundi, 1, 121–124.Thomas, M.C. (1985) The species of Hemipeplus Latreille (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) in Florida, with a taxonomic history of the genus. Coleopterists Bulletin, 39 (4), 365–375.
Species The following species are included in the genus Hemipeplus:
New World Hemipeplinae Hemipeplus abditus Pollock, 1999 Hemipeplus angustipennis Pollock, 1999 Hemipeplus anishae KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus argentinus Pollock, 1999 Hemipeplus belizensis KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus bolivianus Pollock, 1999 Hemipeplus brasiliensis KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus chaos Thomas, 1985 Hemipeplus dominicensis Pollock, 1999 Hemipeplus gounellei Grouvelle, 1896 Hemipeplus hemipterus Lacordaire, 1854 Hemipeplus insularis Grouvelle, 1896 Hemipeplus longiscapus Pollock, 1999 Hemipeplus mexicanus Grouvelle, 1896 Hemipeplus microphthalmus (Schwarz, 1878) Hemipeplus pollocki KC, 2025 Hemipeplus pseudoquadricollis KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus quadricollis Pollock, 1999 Hemipeplus thomasi Pollock, 1999
Afrotropical Hemipeplinae Hemipeplus africanus Grouvelle, 1915 Hemipeplus alluaudi Grouvelle, 1923 Hemipeplus dollmani Scott, 1933 Hemipeplus egregius Arrow, 1930 Hemipeplus grouvellei Pollock, 1997 Hemipeplus madagascariensis Grouvelle, 1906 Hemipeplus reichertae Pollock, 1997 Hemipeplus rodericensis Scott, 1933 Hemipeplus suturalis Grouvelle, 1919
Austro-Oriental Hemipeplinae Hemipeplus antennatus KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus australicus Arrow, 1930 Hemipeplus bromineus KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus bucculentus KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus craigi KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus enarotaliensis KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus exhaustus KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus gressitti KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus harkoneni KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus heisenbergi KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus joerebeccae KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus klematanicus (Gestro, 1873) Hemipeplus labuanensis KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus luzonensis KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus manusicus KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus monteithi KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus miyamotoi Kamiya, 1961 Hemipeplus neoaustralicus KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus neoguineensis KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus nigerrimus KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus nuciferae Arrow, 1930 Hemipeplus palawanensis KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus philippinensis KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus pseudoklematanicus KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus rugosus KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus saymyname KC & Pollock, 2025 Hemipeplus sinensis KC & Pollock, 2025
References
Pollock, Darren A. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 112. Mycteridae Blanchard 1845". American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 530–533.
Further reading
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 .
Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Hemipeplus