Dasycerus is the only extant genus in the rove beetle subfamily Dasycerinae. It contains 25 currently recognized species, with a new species described as recently as 2022. Even more recently, nine cryptic species have been discovered in 2024, previously presumed to be D. carolinensis. They are only distinguishable through male aedeagal dissection or DNA analysis.
Species
Species are:
- Dasycerus angulicollis <small>Horn, 1882</small>
- Dasycerus audax <small>Löbl, 1988</small>
- Dasycerus beloni <small>Pic, 1905</small>
- Dasycerus bicolor <small>Wheeler, Q. D. & McHugh, 1994</small>
- Dasycerus carolinensis <small>Horn, 1882</small>
- Dasycerus chattooga
- Dasycerus concolor <small>Löbl & Calame, 1996</small>
- Dasycerus cornutus <small>Löbl, 1977</small>
- Dasycerus crenatus <small>Motschulsky, 1839</small>
- Dasycerus egwanulti
- Dasycerus elongatus <small>Reitter, 1875</small>
- Dasycerus fasciatus <small>Löbl, 1977</small>
- Dasycerus gadalutsi
- Dasycerus inexspectatus <small>Löbl, 1986</small>
- Dasycerus itseyi
- Dasycerus japonicus <small>Nakane, 1963</small>
- Dasycerus jonicus <small>Reitter, 1884</small>
- Dasycerus monticola <small>Löbl, 1988</small>
- Dasycerus nikwasi
- Dasycerus numidicus <small>Pic, 1905</small>
- Dasycerus occultus <small>Hashizume & Maruyama, 2022</small>
- Dasycerus pacolet
- Dasycerus poseidon <small>Hu, Fang-Shuo & Wei-Ren Liang, 2021</small>
- Dasycerus sulcatus <small>Brongniart, 1800</small>
- Dasycerus tuckasegee
- Dasycerus virginiensis
- Dasycerus unicoi
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