Ariotus is a genus of ant-like leaf beetles in the family Aderidae. There are at least four described species in Ariotus.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Aderidae |
| Genus: | Ariotus Casey, 1895 |
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Species
editThese four species belong to the genus Ariotus:[1][3][2]
- Ariotus luteolus (Casey, 1895)
- Ariotus pruinosus (Casey, 1895)
- Ariotus quercicola (Schwarz, 1878)
- Ariotus subtropicus Casey, 1895
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ariotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ^ a b "Browse Ariotus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ^ a b "Ariotus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ^ "Ariotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- Kubisz, Daniel; Iwan, Dariusz; Tykarski, Piotr (2014). Tenebrionoidea: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Ripiphoridae, Prostomidae, Oedemeridae, Mycteridae, Pythidae, Aderidae, Scraptiidae, Critical checklist, distribution in Poland and meta-analysis. University of Warsaw - Faculty of Biology & Natura optima dux Foundation. ISBN 978-83-935107-9-5.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Werner, Floyd G. (1990). "Revision of the Aderidae of eastern North America". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 98 (2): 187–232. ISSN 0028-7199.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.