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Checklist for Family Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804 (Moss beetles)
and region United Kingdom (British Isles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
886
13129
45760
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
883
13119
45745
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
797
12813
45051
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
480
10417
39450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
127
3264
10635
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
112
2886
8982
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
21
292
878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Byrrhoidea
Latreille, 1804
Byrrhids, Pill Beetles
3
12
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyByrrhidae
Latreille, 1804
Moss beetles, Pill, Pill beetle, Pill beetles
9
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for United Kingdom
9 Genera with 19 Species
Byrrhus Linnaeus, 09SpeciesTaxom
Chaetophora Kirby, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Curimopsis Ganglbauer, 17983SpeciesTaxom
Cytilus Erichson, 17712SpeciesTaxom
Microchaetes Hope, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Morychus Erichson, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Porcinolus Mulsant, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Simplocaria Stephens, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Syncalypta Stephens, 1830
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for United Kingdom
19 Species and 2 Subspecies
Byrrhus (Byrrhocaulus) lisae Jaeger, 2002
Byrrhus (Byrrhus) arietinus Steffahny, 1842Northern Pill-Beetle
Byrrhus (Byrrhus) fasciatus (Forster, 1771)⇒ Byrrhus pustulatus Forster, 1771
Byrrhus (Byrrhus) pilula Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Byrrhus pilula pilula Linnaeus, 1758
Byrrhus (Byrrhus) pustulatus Forster, 1771
Byrrhus pustulatus pustulatus Forster, 1771
Byrrhus murinus (Illiger, 1794)⇒ Porcinolus murinus Fabricius, 1794
Byrrhus torpidus
Chaetophora spinosa Rossi, 1794Spiny Pill Beetle
Curimopsis (Curimopsis) maritima Marsham, 1802
Curimopsis (Curimopsis) nigrita Palm, 1934Bog Hog
Curimopsis (Curimopsis) setigera Illiger, 1798
Cytilus alternatus Say, 1825
Cytilus sericeus Forster, 1771
Microchaetes sphaericus Hope, 1834
Morychus aeneus Fabricius, 1775
Morychus oblongus LeConte, 1857
Porcinolus murinus Fabricius, 1794
Simplocaria (Simplocaria) maculosa (Erichson, 1847)⇒ Simplocaria semistriata Fabricius, 1794
Simplocaria (Simplocaria) semistriata Fabricius, 1794Pill Beetle

Subnodes of Byrrhidae with occurrences in United Kingdom
SubfamilyByrrhinae
Latreille, 1804
5
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySyncalyptinae
Mulsant & Rey, 1869
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Byrrhidae at artfakta.se
Byrrhidae at dyntaxa.se
Byrrhidae at gbif.org
Byrrhidae at irmng.org
Byrrhidae at itis.gov