Aderus

Aderus is a genus of leaf beetles of the family Aderidae that resemble ants. The genus was named by John Obadiah Westwood in 1829.

Aderus
Aderus populneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Aderidae
Genus:	Aderus Westwood, 1829[1][2][3]
Type species
Lytta boleti[4] Marsham, 1802[5]
Synonyms[6][7][8][9]
Hylophilus Berthold, 1827[10] not Temminck, 1822 Xylophilus Latreille, 1829[11] not Mannerheim, 1823 Phomalus Casey, 1895[12]

Selected species

• Aderus brunnipennis (LeConte, 1875) ^{i c g b}
• Aderus feai (Pic, 1906)
• Aderus lemoulti (Pic, 1909) ^g
• Aderus multinotatus (Pic, 1920) ^g
• Aderus populneus (Panzer, 1796) ^{i c g b}
• Aderus saginatus (Casey, 1895) ^{i c g}
• Aderus tantillus (Champion, 1890) ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[13] c = Catalogue of Life,^[14] g = GBIF,^[15] b = Bugguide.net^[16]