Atractocerus

Atractocerus is a genus of ship-timber beetles in the family Lymexylidae.^[1][2]

Atractocerus
Atractocerus sp. from Western ghats of India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Lymexyloidea
Family:	Lymexylidae
Genus:	Atractocerus Palisot de Beauvois, 1801
Synonyms
Atractourus Palisot de Beauvois, 1801 (Lapsus calami) Fusicornis Philippi, 1866 Arractocetus Kurosawa, 1985 Hymaloxylon Kurosawa, 1985 Raractocetus Kurosawa, 1985

Atractocerus brevicornis, South Africa

Atractocerus brasiliensis, México

The most recent revision of the family treats several small or monotypic genera as synonyms of Atractocerus,^[3] though some authors continue to use the older generic names (e.g.^[4]).

Species

These 26 species belong to the genus Atractocerus:^[5]

• Atractocerus aspoecki (Paulus, 2004)
• Atractocerus ater Kraatz, 1895
• Atractocerus atricollis Pic, 1955
• Atractocerus bicolor Strohmeyer, 1910
• Atractocerus bifasciatus Gestro, 1874
• Atractocerus blairi Gardner, 1936
• Atractocerus brasiliensis Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825
• Atractocerus brevicornis (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Atractocerus bruijni Gestro, 1874
• Atractocerus crassicornis Clark, 1931
• Atractocerus emarginatus Laporte de Castelnau, 1836
• Atractocerus gracilicornis Schenkling, 1914
• Atractocerus kreuslerae Pascoe, 1864
• Atractocerus mirabilis Miwa, 1935
• Atractocerus monticola Kurosawa, 1985
• Atractocerus morio Pascoe, 1860
• Atractocerus niger Strohmeyer, 1910
• Atractocerus nipponicus (Nakane, 1985)
• Atractocerus procerus Schenkling, 1914
• Atractocerus quercus Gardner, 1935
• Atractocerus reversus Walker, 1858
• Atractocerus siebersi Karny, 1922
• Atractocerus tasmaniensis Lea, 1917
• Atractocerus termiticola Wasmann, 1902
• Atractocerus tonkineus Pic, 1948
• Atractocerus victoriensis Blackburn, 1891