Anaspis is a large genus of beetles belonging to the family Scraptiidae. These small beetles are sometimes falsely called tumbling flower beetles (Family:Mordellidae) as they occur in large numbers on flowers and have a habit of tumbling to the ground when disturbed. They do not have a vernacular common name, but some recent authors have coined the name false flower beetles, though this is used for their taxonomic family as well.
| Anaspis | |
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| A. rufilabris from Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scraptiidae |
| Subfamily: | Anaspidinae |
| Tribe: | Anaspidini |
| Genus: | Anaspis Geoffroy, 1762 |
Anaspis beetle larvae relies on decomposition of wood for energy. While adult Anaspis beetles consume pollen.[1]
Species
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Species include:
- Anaspis abollata
- Anaspis akaira
- Anaspis apfelbecki
- Anaspis arctica
- Anaspis atrata
- Anaspis balthasari
- Anaspis beardsleyi
- Anaspis bernhaueri
- Anaspis bernikovi
- Anaspis bilaciniata
- Anaspis bohemica
- Anaspis brevicornis
- Anaspis brunnipes
- Anaspis canariensis
- Anaspis cavipalpis
- Anaspis chevrolati
- Anaspis collaris
- Anaspis corcyrica
- Anaspis costai
- Anaspis curtii
- Anaspis cypria
- Anaspis dichroa
- Anaspis distinguenda
- Anaspis duryi
- Anaspis eversi
- Anaspis excellens
- Anaspis fasciata
- Anaspis flava
- Anaspis flavipennis
- Anaspis florenceae
- Anaspis frontalis
- Anaspis ganglbaueri
- Anaspis garneysi
- Anaspis graeca
- Anaspis helvetica
- Anaspis hispanica
- Anaspis horni
- Anaspis hudsoni
- Anaspis humerosa
- Anaspis imitator
- Anaspis incognita
- Anaspis insularis
- Anaspis kiesenwetteri
- Anaspis kochi
- Anaspis labiata
- Anaspis latipalpis
- Anaspis latiuscula
- Anaspis lindbergi
- Anaspis lucana
- Anaspis lurida
- Anaspis luteobrunea
- Anaspis mancinii
- Anaspis marginicollis
- Anaspis mariae
- Anaspis melanopa
- Anaspis melanostoma
- Anaspis militaris
- Anaspis mulsanti
- Anaspis nigrina
- Anaspis nigripes
- Anaspis olympiae
- Anaspis ornata
- Anaspis palpalis
- Anaspis poggi
- Anaspis proteus
- Anaspis pulicaria
- Anaspis pyranaea
- Anaspis quadrimaculata
- Anaspis rambouseki
- Anaspis rayi
- Anaspis regimbarti
- Anaspis revelieri
- Anaspis rufa
- Anaspis ruficollis
- Anaspis rufilabris
- Anaspis rufitarsis
- Anaspis schneideri
- Anaspis seposita
- Anaspis septentrionalis
- Anaspis serbica
- Anaspis sericea
- Anaspis setulosa
- Anaspis silvatica
- Anaspis steppensis
- Anaspis stierlini
- Anaspis stussineri
- Anaspis subtilis
- Anaspis suturalis
- Anaspis testacea
- Anaspis thoracica
- Anaspis thoracoxantha
- Anaspis trifasciata
- Anaspis truquii
- Anaspis varians
- Anaspis versicolor
- Anaspis viennensis
References
edit- ^ Schauer, Bastian; Bong, Jaqueline; Popp, Christian; Obermaier, Elisabeth; Feldhaar, Heike (November 2018). "Dispersal limitation of saproxylic insects in a managed forest? A population genetics approach". Basic and Applied Ecology. 32: 26–38. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2018.01.005.
- "Anaspis Geoffroy, 1762". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
- "Nomina Insecta Nearctica". 1998. Archived from the original on 2007-08-19. Retrieved 2007-08-05.