Pactopus

Pactopus Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Throscidae
Genus:	Pactopus LeConte, 1868

Pactopus is a genus of small false click beetles in the family Throscidae. There are about six described species in Pactopus.^[1][2][3]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Pactopus:

• Pactopus americanus Wickham, 1914
• Pactopus avitus Britton, 1960
• Pactopus fafneri Muona, 1993
• Pactopus fasolti Muona, 1993
• Pactopus frohi
• Pactopus horni LeConte, 1868
• †Pactopus burmensis Muona 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

1. "Pactopus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Pactopus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Pactopus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Yensen, Eric (1975). "A review of the genus Pactopus LeConte (Coleoptera: Throscidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 29 (2): 87–91. JSTOR 3999783.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.