''Amecomycter'' is a genus of
beetles
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
in the family
Mauroniscidae
Mauroniscidae is a family of cleroid beetles, formerly included in the family Melyridae. There are presently five or six genera and roughly 30 described species in Mauroniscidae, all of which are native to the Americas. Almost nothing is known a ...
, historically included in the family
Melyridae. The six known species of this genus are found in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
in the countries of
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
,
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
, and
Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg
, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal
, national_motto = "Fi ...
.
[Majer, K. (1995) Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). ''Entomologische Abhandlungen'' (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89.]
Species
* ''
Amecomycter argentinus''
(Pic, 1928)
* ''
Amecomycter bicoloripennis''
(Pic, 1928)
* ''
Amecomycter crassus''
Majer, 1995
* ''
Amecomycter pallidicolor''
(Pic, 1910)
* ''
Amecomycter rugicollis''
Majer, 1995
* ''
Amecomycter vitticollis''
Majer, 1995
References
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Cleroidea
Cleroidea genera