''Trypeticus'' 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 ...

belonging to 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 ...

Taxonomy

In 1984, Marseul described the genus as a division of the Neotropical genus ''Trypanaeus'' described by Eschscholtz in 1829. Then he included many Indo-malayan Archipelago species based on differently shaped mesosternum. However his most works were described by stating the genus as a subgenus within ''Trypanaeus''. Then in 1916, Bickhardt gave a solid basis for ''Trypeticus'' as separate genus and formed the separate subfamily Trypeticinae. Between 1920 and 1930, the forestry entomologist L.G.E. Kalshoven collected several species of the genus on Java and Sumatra which are currently preserved in The Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum at Leiden. In 1999, Slipinski and Mazur removed the subfamily Trypeticinae into the synonymy of Trypanaeinae.

Distribution

The species are distributed throughout Indo-China, Malayan peninsula, the entire Indo-Malayan Archipelago including the Philippines, New Guinea, Northern Queensland, Taiwan, Southeast China, Korea, and Japan as well as Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

Description

Primarily oligophagous, if not monophagous, the beetles depend on xylophagous prey species. Adults show strong sexual dimorphism. The males show great variations with a more or less thick-set body form. However, females are fairly uniform in body form, so can be detect possible patterns of distribution or patterns of diversification. Adults have a cylindrical body form, peculiar tibiae with very long tarsi. The clypeus is more or less prolonged into a rostrum. The antennal flagellum consists of six segments of more or less subconical form. In the resting position, beetle laid down through deep incisions in the anterior prosternal margin of the antennal flagelli. They also can deflect the head and retract it for the greater part into the prothorax. The posterior margin of the prosternum is transverse or at most slightly emarginate.

Biology

Adult beetles live in the burrows of bark beetles and other wood-boring insects. They can be collected easily by using flight interception traps.

Species

* '' Trypeticus adebratti'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus albertisii'' (Gestro, 1875) * '' Trypeticus alticola'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus andaiensis'' (Gestro, 1875) * '' Trypeticus angustifrons'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus arriagadai'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus aukei'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus beesoni'' Desbordes, 1922 * '' Trypeticus bertiae'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus bombacis'' (Lewis, 1885) * '' Trypeticus boukei'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus brevis'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus canalifrons'' Bickhardt, 1913 * '' Trypeticus capillatus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus carinifrons'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus carinipygus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus caterinoi'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus cinctipygus'' (Marseul, 1864) * '' Trypeticus clarus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus convexicollis'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus coomani'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus crassus'' Schmidt, 1892 * '' Trypeticus danielssoni'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus degallieri'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus deoudei'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus dohertyi'' (Lewis, 1891) * '' Trypeticus fagi'' (Lewis, 1884) * '' Trypeticus ferrarii'' (Gestro, 1875) * '' Trypeticus fissirostrum'' Zhang & Zhou, 2007 * '' Trypeticus foveicollis'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus frontalis'' Schmidt, 1897 * '' Trypeticus gestroi'' (Marseul, 1879) * '' Trypeticus gibberosus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus gilolous'' (Marseul, 1864) * '' Trypeticus gomyi'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus gracilis'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus gratus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus grouvellei'' Marseul, 1883 * '' Trypeticus hamatipygus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus helleri'' Bickhardt, 1918 * '' Trypeticus hielkemaorum'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus hinei'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus houseae'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus huijbregtsi'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus immanis'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus incilis'' Lewis, 1897 * '' Trypeticus indicus'' Lewis, 1893 * '' Trypeticus jaegeri'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus jelmeri'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus jorisi'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus kalemantanus'' (Marseul, 1864) * '' Trypeticus kalshoveni'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus kapleri'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus kirtoni'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus lackneri'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus latilabris'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus latirostrum'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus latisternum'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus loebli'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus longicollis'' Heller, 1915 * '' Trypeticus mazuri'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus merkli'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus minutissimus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus minutulus'' Lewis, 1891 * '' Trypeticus mirandus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus monteithi'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus nasicus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus nemorivagus'' Lewis, 1892 * '' Trypeticus nepalensis'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus nitens'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus obeliscus'' Lewis, 1891 * '' Trypeticus parilloi'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus parobeliscus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus pederseni'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus penatii'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus penicillicauda'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus planisternus'' Lewis, 1897 * '' Trypeticus poggii'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus pooti'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus protractus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus rectangulus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus riedeli'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus rombauti'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus rostricauda'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus rostripygus'' Bickhardt, 1912 * '' Trypeticus sanneae'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus sauteri'' Bickhardt, 1913 * '' Trypeticus schawalleri'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus silvicola'' Schmidt, 1897 * '' Trypeticus smetanai'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus subobeliscus'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus sulcisternum'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus tabacigliscens'' Marseul, 1883 * '' Trypeticus therondi'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus trigonifrons'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus tuberculinotum'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus uhligi'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus valens'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus vanasseni'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus veda'' (Lewis, 1885) * '' Trypeticus venator'' (Lewis, 1884) * '' Trypeticus viennai'' Kanaar, 2003 * '' Trypeticus yunnanensis'' Zhang & Zhou, 2007

References

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