Listrus

Listrus is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles in the tribe Listrini.^[1][2] These beetles are pollinators and often found in flowers during spring and summer.^[3]

Listrus
Listrus senilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Melyridae
Subfamily:	Dasytinae
Genus:	Listrus Motschulsky, 1859

Description

Adult Listrus are around 3 mm in body length. They are cylindrical, often gray, and sometimes have a pattern of spots on their elytra.^[3]

Taxonomy

Listrus includes the following species:

• Listrus gentry^[2]
• Listrus cephalicus^[2]
• Listrus canescens^[2]
• Listrus caseyi^[2]
• Listrus balteellus^[2]
• Listrus glabratus (Hatch, 1962)^[4][2]
• Listrus medicatus (Blaisdell, 1927)^[2][4]
• Listrus robustus (Blaisdell, 1937)^[2][4]
• Listrus amplicollis^[2]
• Listrus bifasciatus^[2]
• Listrus angulatus^[2]
• Listrus anacapensis^[2]
• Listrus quadricollis (Hatch, 1962)^[2][4]
• Listrus annulatus^[2]
• Listrus plenus (Casey, 1895)^[2][4]
• Listrus senilis (LeConte, 1852)^[2][4]
• Listrus confusus (Casey, 1895)^[2][4]
• Listrus interruptus^[2]
• Listrus olympianus (Blaisdell, 1921)^[2][4]
• Listrus provincialis (Blaisdell, 1921)^[2][4]
• Listrus lanei^[5]