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Gastrallus

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Gastrallus
A close up of a brown fuzzy beetle
Gastrallus immarginatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ptinidae
Tribe: Gastrallini
Genus: Gastrallus
Jacquelin du Val, 1860

Gastrallus is a genus of beetles in the family Ptinidae. They are distributed nearly worldwide except Australia and Central and South America; almost half are native to the Palearctic realm.[1]


Currently, almost 100 species are scientifically described:[1][2][3]

Gastrallus immarginatus group:

Gastrallus laevigatus group:

Unassigned to a species group:

References

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  1. ^ a b Zahradník, Petr (2009). "Contribution to knowledge of the tribe Gastrallini (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea: Ptinidae) - III. New species of the genus Gastrallus, with review of Oriental species" (PDF). Studies and Reports of District Museum Prague-East, Taxonomical Series. 5 (1–2): 329–365.
  2. ^ Zahradník, Petr (2007). "Contribution to knowledge of the tribe Gastrallini (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea: Anobiidae) – I. New species of the genus Gastrallus from Turkey, with review of the Palaearctic species" (PDF). Studies and Reports of District Museum Prague-East, Taxonomical Series. 3 (1–2): 171–178.
  3. ^ Zahradník, Petr (2008). "Contribution to knowledge of the tribus Gastrallini (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea: Anobiidae) - II. New species of the genus Gastrallus from Africa, with review of the Afrotropical species" (PDF). Studies and Reports of District Museum Prague-East, Taxonomical Series. 4 (1–2): 277–296.
  4. ^ Viñolas, A. (1999). "Gastrallus cervelloi sp. n. de la isla de Bioco, Guinea Ecuatorial (Coleoptera, Anobiidae)". Miscellània Zoològia (in Spanish). 22 (2): 81–84.
  5. ^ Sakai, Masahiro (2007). "Gastrallus sasajii, a new anobiid species from Japan (Coleoptera, Anobiidae, Anobiinae)". Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology. 13 (2): 387–390.