Discodon is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are more than 40 described species in Discodon.[1][2][3] The term is said to encompass around 400 species, which is mostly found in South America, from sea-level up to 3000 meters.[4][5]
Selected species
These species belong to the genus Discodon:
- Discodon abdominale Schaeffer, 1909
- Discodon abdominalis Schaeffer
- Discodon amazonum Pic, 1950
- Discodon arcuatum Constantin, 2015
- Discodon arnetti Wittmer
- Discodon aurimaculatum Biffi & Geiser, 2022
- Discodon bicoloricolle Pic, 1927
- Discodon bipunctatum Schaeffer, 1908
- Discodon brulei Constantin, 2015
- Discodon chapini Wittmer
- Discodon crassipes Wittmer, 1952
- Discodon dalensi Constantin, 2015
- Discodon dewynteri Constantin, 2015
- Discodon dichromum (Fauvel, 1861)
- Discodon fernandezorum Constantin, 2015
- Discodon flavimarginatus Schaeffer
- Discodon flavomarginatum Schaeffer, 1908
- Discodon francillonnei Constantin, 2015
- Discodon fuscomaculatum Constantin, 2015
- Discodon gracilicorne Pic, 1910
- Discodon hirticorne Constantin, 2015
- Discodon huadquinaense Wittmer
- Discodon humeropictum Wittmer
- Discodon itoupense Constantin, 2015
- Discodon lamarrei Constantin, 2015
- Discodon lemoulti Pic, 1910
- Discodon lineaticorne Biffi & Geiser, 2022
- Discodon luteicorne Constantin, 2015
- Discodon mantillerii Constantin, 2015
- Discodon marginicolle Biffi & Geiser, 2022
- Discodon maroninum Pic, 1930
- Discodon melanocerum Constantin, 2015
- Discodon montis Constantin, 2015
- Discodon nazareti Constantin, 2015
- Discodon neoteutonum Biffi & Geiser, 2022
- Discodon nigripes Gorham, 1881
- Discodon nigrocephalum Pic, 1949
- Discodon nouraguense Constantin, 2015
- Discodon obscurior Pic, 1906
- Discodon pascali Constantin, 2015
- Discodon peruvianum Wittmer
- Discodon planicolle (LeConte, 1858)
- Discodon platycorne Constantin, 2015
- Discodon poirieri Constantin, 2015
- Discodon quadrinotatum Constantin, 2015
- Discodon rufohumerale Pic, 1910
- Discodon saulense Constantin, 2015
- Discodon surinamense Pic, 1906
- Discodon taghavianae Constantin, 2015
- Discodon tamoio Biffi & Geiser, 2022
- Discodon tenuecostatum Biffi & Geiser, 2022
- Discodon testaceipes Pic, 1930
- Discodon touroulti Constantin, 2015
- Discodon tricolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
- Discodon vanini Biffi & Geiser, 2022
- Discodon viridimontanum Biffi & Geiser, 2022
- Discodon yvineci Constantin, 2015
References
- ^ “Discodon Report”. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ “Discodon“. GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ “Discodon genus Information”. BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Constantin, Robert (2024). “Three new brachelytrous Discodon and Polemius (Brachypolemius) from Peru (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Silinae)” (PDF). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 129 (1): 71–84. doi:10.32475/bsef_2321.
- ^ Biffi, Gabriel; Geiser, Michael (23 August 2022). “A revision of Discodon tricolor (Guérin-Méneville) and its mimics from the Atlantic forests of Brazil (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)”. European Journal of Taxonomy (834): 148–189. Bibcode:2022EJTax.834.1907B. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.834.1907. hdl:10141/623022. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
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Further reading
- Pelletier, G.; Hébert, C. (2014). “The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States”. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 25: 1–246. doi:10.3752/cjai.2014.25.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Bostrichoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea – Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.