''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 in the countries of
Argentina,
Chile, and
Peru.
[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
''Amecomycter'' is a genus of beetles 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 Mauroniscida ...
''
(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