Spodistes

Spodistes is a genus of beetles. It has eight species.

Spodistes
Spodistes mniszechi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Dynastidae
Genus:	Spodistes (Thomson, 1860)

Distribution and habitat

Species of the genus Spodistes are found in Central America, particularly Costa Rica (most commonly found), Panama and Honduras.^[1] The species S. beltianus lives in Costa Rica where nine specimens have been found.^[2] The species S. batesi lives in Costa Rica and Panama where five have been found in Costa Rica and four have been found in Panama.

Taxonomy

The genus has eight species recognised:

• Spodistes batesi^[3]
• Spodistes grandis
• Spodistes hopei
• Spodistes angulicollis
• Spodistes mniszechi
• Spodistes monzoni
• Spodistes armstrongi
• Spodistes beltianus.^[4]