Cytilus
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| Cytilus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Byrrhidae |
| Tribe: | Byrrhini |
| Genus: | Cytilus Erichson, 1847 |
Cytilus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are about eight described species in Cytilus.[1][2][3]
These eight species belong to the genus Cytilus:
- Cytilus alternatus (Say, 1825)
- Cytilus auricomus (Duftschmid, 1825)
- Cytilus kanoi Takizawa & Nakane, 1977
- Cytilus longulus Casey
- Cytilus mimicus Casey, 1912
- Cytilus nigrans Casey
- Cytilus sericeus (Forster, 1771)
- Cytilus tartarinus Scudder, 1900
