Xanthoderopygus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Anthribidae
Subfamilia: Choraginae
Tribus: Araecerini
Genus: Xanthoderopygus
Species: X. didymus - X. flavicollis - X. jocosus - X. kasaharai - X. matobai - X. ogasawarensis - X. watanabei

Name

Xanthoderopygus Senoh, 1984
Gender

masculine
Type species

Deropygus flavicollis Morimoto, 1978, by original designation

References

Senoh, T. 1984: A revision of the genus Deropygus Sharp in Japan, with descriptions of a new genus and five new species (Coleoptera: Anthribidae). Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society, 16: 25–40.
Senoh, T.; Matoba, I. 2002: A new species of the genus Xanthoderopygus (Coleoptera, Anthribidae) from the Kii Peninsula, central Japan. Elytra, Tokyo, 30: 358–362. [not seen]

Additional references

Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15–28. PDF

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus

links to images

adult male (dorsal)
adult male (lateral)