''Mauroniscus'' is a genus of
beetles
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
in the family
Mauroniscidae
Mauroniscidae is a family of Cleroidea, 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 ...
, historically included in the family
Melyridae
Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Description
Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, ...
. The ten known species of this genus are found in
South America
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in the countries of
Argentina
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,
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
,
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
,
Columbia,
Ecuador
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, and
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
.
Species
* ''
Mauroniscus apicalis''
(Pic, 1910)
* ''
Mauroniscus boliviensis''
Majer, 1995
* ''
Mauroniscus chiliensis''
Estrada & Solervicens, 2021[Estrada, P. and J. Solervicens. 2021. Description of a new species of ''Mauroniscus'' Bourgeois, 1911 from Chile (Coleoptera: Mauroniscidae). Zootaxa 4915(1): 127-132.]
* ''
Mauroniscus discipennis''
(Pic, 1910)
* ''
Mauroniscus germaini''
Majer, 1995
* ''
Mauroniscus maculatus''
(Pic, 1927)
* ''
Mauroniscus roberti''
Bourgeois, 1911
* ''
Mauroniscus subfasciatus''
(Pic, 1910)
* ''
Mauroniscus titschaki''
(Pic, 1954)
* ''
Mauroniscus wayrauchi''
Majer, 1995
References
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Cleroidea
Cleroidea genera