Brachypterolus is a genus of short-winged flower beetles in the family Kateretidae. There are about six described species in Brachypterolus.
Species At least six species belong to the genus Brachypterolus: Brachypterolus antirrhini (Murray, 1864) Brachypterolus cinereus (Heer, 1841) Brachypterolus linariae (Stephens, 1830) Brachypterolus longulus (Reitter, 1885) Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (toadflax flower-eating beetle) Brachypterolus vestitus (Kiesenwetter, 1850)
Taxonomy Brachypterolus shimoyamai Hisamatsu, 1985 is a junior synonym of Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) in Hisamatsu, 2011
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