Ligyrus

Ligyrus is a genus of beetles in the tribe Pentodontini, from the Americas. It was originally erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1847, then merged with the genus Tomarus, then restored by M.M. López-García and C. Deloya in 2022.^[1]

Ligyrus
Ligyrus gibbosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Dynastinae
Tribe:	Pentodontini
Genus:	Ligyrus Burmeister, 1847

External image
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Species

The following are included in BioLib.cz:^[2]

subgenus Ligyrodes Casey, 1915

1. Ligyrus peruvianus Endrödi, 1970
2. Ligyrus relictus (Say, 1825)
3. Ligyrus sallaei Bates, 1888

subgenus Ligyrus Burmeister, 1847

1. Ligyrus adoceteus (Ratcliffe & Cave, 2010)
2. Ligyrus allonasutus López-García & Deloya, 2022
3. Ligyrus bidentulus Fairmaire, 1892
4. Ligyrus burmeisteri Steinheil, 1872
5. Ligyrus cicatricosus Prell, 1937
6. Ligyrus cuniculus (Fabricius, 1801)
7. Ligyrus fossor Latreille, 1833
8. Ligyrus gibbosus (DeGeer, 1774) - the carrot beetle
9. Ligyrus nasutus (Burmeister, 1847)
10. Ligyrus neglectus (LeConte, 1847)
11. Ligyrus pullus Prell, 1937
12. Ligyrus rubripes Boheman, 1858
13. Ligyrus villosus (Burmeister, 1847)