Byrsax egenus

Byrsax egenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Bolitophagini
Genus: Byrsax
Species:
B. egenus
Binomial name
Byrsax egenus
Pascoe, 1866
Synonyms[1]

Byrsax coxi Carter, 1914

Byrsax egenus is a species of darkling beetle in the subfamily Tenebrioninae, and the tribe Bolitophagini.[1]

It was first described in 1866 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe.[1][2] B. coxi is considered a synonym.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory: Species Byrsax egenus Pascoe, 1866". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  2. ^ Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (1866). "Notices of new or little known genera and species of Coleoptera. Part V". Journal of Entomology. 2: 443-493 [459]. ISSN 1812-5670. Wikidata Q108841606. BHL page 13388061
  3. ^ Carter, H.J. (1937) Some new Tenebrionidae in the South Australian Museum; together with notes and descriptions of other Australian Coleoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 61: 121-144, pls V, VIII [128]