Catops is a genus of small carrion beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are about 16 described species in Catops.
Species
- Catops alpinus <small>Gyllenhal, 1827</small>
- Catops alsiosus <small>(Horn, 1885)</small>
- Catops americanus <small>Hatch, 1928</small>
- Catops apterus <small>Peck and Cook, 2002</small>
- Catops basilaris <small>Say, 1823</small>
- Catops davidsoni <small>Salgado, 1999</small>
- Catops egenus <small>(Horn, 1880)</small>
- Catops geomysi <small>Peck & Skelley, 2001</small>
- Catops gratiosus <small>(Blanchard, 1915)</small>
- Catops kirbii <small>(Spence, 1813)</small>
- Catops luridipennis <small>Mannerheim, 1853</small>
- Catops luteipes <small>Thomson, 1884</small>
- Catops mathersi <small>Hatch, 1957</small>
- Catops neomeridionalis <small>Peck and Cook, 2004</small>
- Catops newtoni <small>Peck, 1977</small>
- Catops paramericanus <small>Peck & Cook, 2002</small>
- Catops simplex <small>Say, 1825</small>
References
- Majka C, Langor D (2008). "The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography". ZooKeys 2: 357âÂÂ402.
- Peck, Stewart B. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr. and Michael C. Thomas, eds. (2001). "Family 19. Leiodidae Fleming, 1821". American Beetles, vol. 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia, 250âÂÂ258.
- Peck, Stewart B., and Joyce Cook (2002). "Systematics, distributions, and bionomics of the small carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Cholevini) of North America". The Canadian Entomologist, vol. 134, no. 6, 723âÂÂ787.
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.
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