Checklist of the Byrrhidae of North America
Distribution - USA: CA, OR, WA
Synonyms - Amphicyrta oblonga Casey, 1912; Amphicyrta parvuliceps Casey, 1912
References - LeConte 1854; Casey 1912; Hatch 1961; Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Amphicyrta dentipes Erichson, 1843
Distribution - USA: CA, OR, WA
Synonyms - Eucyphus hybosoroides Mannerheim; Amphicyrta
gentilis Casey, 1912; Amphicyrta ventricosa Casey, 1912; Amphicyrta
nevadensis Casey, 1912
References - LeConte 1854; Casey 1912; Doucette 1953; Hatch
1961; Langston 1967; Johnson 1991a.
Status - Endemic
Arctobyrrhus subcanus (LeConte), 1878
Distribution - USA: ID, MT, NH, OR, WA; CANADA: AB, BC, NT,
ON, PQ, SK, YK; Greenland
Original Genus - Pedilophorus Steffhany
Generic Synonym – Tylicus Casey, 1912
References - Wickham 1903; Casey 1912; Fall 1926; Böcher
1988; Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Byrrhus americanus LeConte, 1850
Distribution - USA: IA, IN, MI, MN, NJ, SD, WI; CAN: LB, MB,
NS, ON, PQ
Synonyms - Byrrhus angustulus Casey, 1912; Byrrhus
brunnescens Casey, 1912; Byrrhus criddlei Casey, 1912; Byrrhus
imperitus Casey, 1912; Byrrhus manitobae Casey, 1912; Byrrhus
neglectus Casey, 1912
References - LeConte 1854; Smith 1909; Blatchley 1910; Casey
1912; Dillon & Dillon 1961; El Moursy 1970; Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Byrrhus concolor Kirby, 1837
Distribution - USA: AK, NH, WI, WY; CAN: BC, MB, NT, ON, SK,
YK
Synonyms - Byrrhus laramiensis Casey, 1912; Byrrhus
rigens Casey, 1912
References - LeConte 1854; Casey 1912; Fall 1926; El Moursy
1970; Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Byrrhus cyclophorus Kirby, 1837
Distribution - USA: AK, CO, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NY,
OR, VT, WA, WI, WY; CAN: YK, NT, AB, SK, MB, ON, PQ, LB, NF; Greenland
Synonyms - Byrrhus fasciatus of North American authors;
Byrrhus canterius Casey, 1912; Byrrhus difficilis Casey,
1912; Byrrhus fulvovestitus Casey, 1912; Byrrhus stolidus
Casey, 1912; Byrrhus torpidus Casey, 1912; Byrrhus caribooensis
Hatch, 1962
References - Mannerheim 1852, 1853; LeConte 1854, 1857; Casey
1912;Henrickson & Lundbeck 1917; El Moursy 1970; Johnson 1991a, 1995
Status – Endemic; probably holarctic
Byrrhus eximius LeConte, 1850
Distribution - USA: AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, WA; CAN: AB, BC, NT,
YK
Synonyms - Byrrhus callidus Casey, 1912; Byrrhus centralis
Casey, 1912; Byrrhus explicatus Casey, 1912
References - LeConte 1854, Casey 1912; Fall 1926; El Moursy
1970; Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Byrrhus fasciatus Forster, 1771
Distribution - EurAsia; Greenland; USA: AK; Iceland
References - Böcher, 1988
Status - Holarctic
Byrrhus geminatus LeConte, 1854
Distribution - USA: AK, IL, IN, MI, WA, WI; CAN: PQ, YK
Synonyms - Byrrhus pacificus Casey, 1912, Byrrhus
pettiti Horn, 1878
References - Casey 1912; El Moursy 1970; Fiori 1982; Johnson
1991a
Status - Holarctic
Byrrhus kirbyi LeConte, 1854
Distribution - USA: AK, CA, CO, ID, IL, OR, MI, MT, NH, WA,
WI, WY; CAN: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PQ, SK, YT
Synonyms - Byrrhus picipes Kirby 1837; Byrrhus consuetus
Casey 1912, Byrrhus egenus Casey 1912, Byrrhus perditus Casey
1912, Byrrhus picipes Casey 1912, Byrrhus vafer Casey 1912,
Byrrhus wickhami Casey 1912
References - El Moursy 1970; Johnson 1991a
Status – Endemic; probably holarctic
Byrrhus pilula pilula Linnaeus, 1758
Distribution - Spain, England, Norway, Italy, France, Russia,
Siberia, Japan, Turkey, Iran, Germany; CAN: NT
Synonyms - Byrrhus striatus Forster; Byrrhus viridescens
Geoffrey; Byrrhus albopunctatus F.; Byrrhus ater Kugelann.;
Byrrhus ferrugineus Marsham; Byrrhus oblongus Sturm; Byrrhus
auratofasciatus Duftschmidt; Byrrhus argenteofasciatus Duftschmidt
References - Fiori 1951; Paulus 1974; Bonadona 1975; Allemand
1989; Johnson 1991a
Status - Holarctic
Chaetophora spinosa (Rossi), 1794
Distribution - Europe; USA: ID, MA, MD, ME, MN, NH, NY, OH,
PA, VT; CAN: BC, ON, PQ; Turkey
Original Genus - Syncalypta Stephens
References - Leng 1917; Paulus 1974; Johnson 1990; Levesque
& Levesque 1994
Status - Adventive from Europe
Curimopsis albonotata (LeConte), 1861
Distribution - USA: AK, CO, ID, WA; CAN: AB, YK
Original Genus - Syncalypta Stephens
Synonyms - Syncalypta grisea LeConte
References - Casey 1912; Johnson 1986, 1991a
Status - Endemic
Curimopsis echinata (LeConte), 1850
Distribution - USA: AK, ID, WA; CAN: AB, BC, MB, NT, SK, PQ
Original Genus - Syncalypta Stephens
Synonyms - Curimopsis brevicollis Casey 1912
References - Casey 1912; Johnson 1986, 1991a
Status - Endemic
Curimopsis moosilauke Johnson, 1986
Distribution - USA: AK, ME, NH, NY; CAN: AB, LB, MB, NT, PQ,
YT
References - Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Curimopsis setulosa (Mannerheim) 1853
Distribution - USA: AK; CAN: NT
Original Genus - Syncalypta Stephens
References - LeConte 1857; Casey 1912; Johnson 1986, 1991a
Status – Endemic, probably holarctic
Curimopsis strigosa (Melsheimer) 1844
Distribution - USA: AL, DC, GA, MD
References - Casey 1912; Johnson 1986, 1991a
Status - Endemic
Cytilus alternatus (Say), 1825
Distribution - USA: CA, CO, ID, IN, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH,
NY, NJ, NV, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY; CAN: LB, MB, NB, NF, NS,
ON, PQ, YK.
Original Genus - Byrrhus Linnaeus
Synonyms - Cytilus sericeus of American authors, Byrrhus
varius of LeConte, Cytilus trivittatus Melsheimer, Cytilus
nigrans Casey 1912
References - LeConte 1854; Smith 1909; Blatchley 1910; Casey
1912; Fall 1926; Dillon & Dillon 1961; Lindquist & Ingram 1968;
Johnson 1991a; Levesque & Levesque 1994
Status - Endemic
Cytilus mimicus Casey, 1912
Distribution - USA: AK, CA, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY; CAN: AB,
BC, NT, YK
Synonyms - Cytilus longulus Casey 1912
References - Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Exomella merickeli Johnson, 1985
Distribution - USA: ID
References - Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Exomella pleuralis (Casey), 1908
Distribution - USA: AK, OR, WA; CAN: BC
Original Genus - Exoma Casey
References - Casey 1912, 1914; Johnson 1978, 1985, 1991a
Status - Endemic
Eusomalia lecontei (Wickham) 1903
Distribution - USA: ID, MT, WA; CANADA: BC
Original Genus - Pedilophorus Steffhany
References - Casey 1912; Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Lioligus nitidus (Motschulsky) 1845
Distribution - USA: AK, CA, OR, WA; CAN: BC
Synonyms - Lioligus striolatus Casey 1912, Lioligus
aequabilis Casey 1912, Lioligus keeni Casey 1912
References - Motschulsky 1845; Mannerheim 1852; LeConte 1854,
1857; Casey 1912; Fall 1926; Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Lioligus pallidus Casey, 1912
Distribution - USA: ID, MT
References - Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Lioon nezperce Johnson, 1991a
Distribution - USA: ID
References - Johnson 1991b
Status - Endemic
Lioon simplicipes (Mannerheim), 1852
Distribution - USA: AK, CA, OR, WA; CAN: BC
Synonyms - Lioon puncticeps Casey 1912, Lioon speculare
Casey 1912
References - LeConte 1854, 1857; Casey 1912; Johnson 1991a,
1991b
Status - Endemic
Listemus acuminatus (Mannerheim),1852
Distribution - USA: AK, CA, OR, WA; CAN: BC
Synonyms - Listemus formosus Casey 1912; Listemus
satelles Casey 1912
References - LeConte 1854, 1857; Wickham 1903; Casey 1912; Fall
1926; Johnson 1991a, 1991b
Status - Endemic
Listemus kootenai Johnson, 1991
Distribution - USA: ID, WA
References - Johnson 1991b
Status - Endemic
Morychus aeneolus (LeConte), 1863
Distribution - USA: AK, CO, MT, NM, OR, WA, WY; CAN: AB, BC,
MB, NT, ON, YK
Synonyms - Pedilophorus hesperus Wickham, Pedilophorus
subsetosus Fall, Pedilophorus lateralis Fall, Morychus albertanus
Brown
References - Wickham 1903; Casey 1912; Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Morychus oblongus (LeConte), 1857
Distribution - USA: CA, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY; CAN: AB, BC
Synonyms - Pedilophorus acuminatus of LeConte 1854; Morychus
oblongus insulsus Casey 1912, Pedilophorus subcupreus Fall
References - LeConte 1854, Wickham 1903, Casey 1912 1912; Johnson
1991a
Status - Endemic
Porcinolus undatus (Melsheimer), 1846
Distribution - USA: IN, KS, MA, MO, MT, NH, NJ, PA, SD*; CAN:
AB, MB, ON, PQ, SK
Synonyms - Porcinolus murinus of American authors, Byrrhus
glabellus Melsheimer, Porcinolus crescentifer Casey 1912, Porcinolus
hystrix Casey 1912
References - LeConte 1854; Smith 1909; Blatchley 1910; Casey
1912; Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Sierraclava cooperi Johnson, 1982
Distribution - USA: CA; MEX: BC
References - Johnson 1991a
Status - Endemic
Simplocaria elongata J. Sahlberg, 1903
Distribution - Siberia; CAN: MB, NT, ON, YT; Greenland
Synonyms - Simplocaria remota Brown
References - Böcher 1988; Johnson 1991a
Status - Holarctic
Simplocaria metallica (Sturm), 1807
Distribution - Europe; USA: AK, CO, NH, WA; CAN: AB, BC, MB,
NF, NT, ON, PQ; Greenland
Synonyms - Byrrhus tesselatus LeConte 1854, Simplocaria
subnuda Casey 1912, Simplocaria columbica Casey 1912
References - Mannerheim 1853; LeConte 1850, 1854, 1857, 1874;
Casey 1912; Henrickson & Lundbeck 1917; Van Dyke 1924; Fall 1926; Böcher
1988; Johnson 1991a,b
Status - Holarctic
Simplocaria semistriata (Fabricius), 1801
Distribution - France; England; Germany; Poland, Turkey; Greece;
Spain; USA: CT, MD, NH, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT; CAN: BC, NF, NS, ON, PQ
References - Paulus 1974; Johnson 1990, 1991a; Levesque &
Levesque 1994
Special Status - Adventive from Europe
