Geomysaprinus
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''Geomysaprinus'' is a genus of clown beetles in the family
Histeridae Histeridae is a family of beetles commonly known as clown beetles or Hister beetles. This very diverse group of beetles contains 3,900 species found worldwide. They can be easily identified by their shortened elytra that leaves two of the seven t ...
. There are at least 20 described species in ''Geomysaprinus''.


Species

* '' Geomysaprinus audax'' (Casey, 1893) * '' Geomysaprinus belioculus'' (Marseul, 1862) * '' Geomysaprinus bicirculus'' (Marseul, 1870) * '' Geomysaprinus castanipennis'' (Fall, 1919) * '' Geomysaprinus cheyennensis'' (Casey, 1916) * '' Geomysaprinus copei'' (Horn, 1873) * '' Geomysaprinus floridae'' (Horn, 1873) * '' Geomysaprinus formicus'' (Hinton, 1935) * '' Geomysaprinus goffi'' Ross, 1940 * '' Geomysaprinus lanei'' (McGrath and Hatch, 1941) * '' Geomysaprinus laramiensis'' (Casey, 1893) * '' Geomysaprinus moniliatus'' (Casey, 1916) * '' Geomysaprinus oblongus'' (Wenzel, 1944) * '' Geomysaprinus obscurus'' (J. L. LeConte, 1851) * '' Geomysaprinus obsidianus'' (Casey, 1893) * '' Geomysaprinus obsoletus'' (Casey, 1916) * '' Geomysaprinus paeminosus'' (J. L. LeConte, 1851) * '' Geomysaprinus parumpunctatus'' (J. L. LeConte, 1859) * '' Geomysaprinus pectoralis'' (J. L. LeConte, 1851) * '' Geomysaprinus pinorum'' (Casey, 1924) * '' Geomysaprinus posthumus'' (Marseul, 1855) * '' Geomysaprinus quaesitus'' (Lewis, 1888) * '' Geomysaprinus rugosifrons'' (Fall, 1919) * '' Geomysaprinus saulnieri'' Kovarik and Verity in Kovarik, Verity and Mitchell, 1999 * '' Geomysaprinus subtropicus'' (Casey, 1924) * '' Geomysaprinus suffusus'' (Casey, 1916) * '' Geomysaprinus tibialis'' Ross, 1940 * '' Geomysaprinus triangulifer'' (Marseul, 1855)


References

* Mazur, Slawomir (1997). "A world catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea)". ''Genus, International Journal of Invertebrate Taxonomy (Supplement)'', 373.


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 . * Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press. * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company. Histeridae {{Beetle-stub