Byrsax
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| Byrsax | |
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| Byrsax sp. (male) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Tenebrioninae |
| Tribe: | Bolitophagini |
| Genus: | Byrsax Pascoe, 1860 |
Byrsax is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae,[1] and the tribe Bolitophagini.[2]
The genus was first described in 1860 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe.[3][4] and the type species is Byrsax coenosus.[3]
Species of this genus are found in Australia, Indo-Malaya and the palearctic.[1]