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Genus Brachypterus Kugelann, 1794 Type species. Dermestes urticae Fabricius, 1792, subsequent designation by THOMSON (1859). Diagnosis. Body oval, strongly convex. Pronotum transverse, lateral margins uniformly rounded; disc with punctures larger than eye facet; posterior angles obtusely angulate; basal margin slightly sinuate before posterior angles. Antennae with distinct three-segmented club. Male abdominal tergite VIII externally visible. Tarsal claws strongly dentate at the base. Ovipositor without styli. Bionomics. Larval stages have been found on flowers of Gesnouinia and Urtica (Urticaceae) (JELÍNEK & CLINE 2010). Distribution. Twenty-three species have been recorded. The species have wide distributional ranges in the Palaearctic, Oriental, Nearctic, and Afrotropical Regions (JELÍNEK & CLINE 2010).
Published as part of Hisamatsu, Sadatomo, 2011, A review of the Japanese Kateretidae fauna (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), pp. 551-585 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2) on page 574, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5329313
Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Brachypterus, Kateretidae, Animalia, Biodiversity, Taxonomy
Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Brachypterus, Kateretidae, Animalia, Biodiversity, Taxonomy
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