''Sosylus'' is a genus of dry bark beetles in the family

Bothrideridae Bothrideridae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea. They are known commonly as the cocoon-forming beetles or dry bark beetles. They occur worldwide with most native to the Old World tropics. In older literature, the family was ...

. There are about eight described species in ''Sosylus''.

Species

These eight species belong to the genus ''Sosylus'': * '' Sosylus castaneus'' Pascoe, 1863 * '' Sosylus chapini'' Hinton * '' Sosylus costatus'' LeConte, 1863 * '' Sosylus dentiger'' Horn, 1878 * '' Sosylus extensus'' Casey, 1897 * '' Sosylus latisnus'' Hinton * '' Sosylus nevermanni'' Hinton * '' Sosylus striolatus'' (Grouvelle, 1914)

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