Family Passandridae - Parasitic Flat Bark Beetles

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited

Taphroscelidia linearis (LeConte) - Taphroscelidia linearis

Passandrid (Parasitic Flat Bark Beetle) ??? - Catogenus rufus

Catogenus rufus (Fabricius) - Catogenus rufus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

Family Passandridae (Parasitic Flat Bark Beetles)

Pronunciation

Pass-AN-druh-dee

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Formerly treated as part of Cucujidae

Numbers

3 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), 36 spp. in 5 genera in the New World, >100 spp. in 9 genera worldwide(2)

Identification

diagnostic characters(3):

tarsi 5-5-5 in both sexes

head and prothorax with system of lines and grooves (also in Laemophloeidae)

elytra with system of cells or vestiges of cells

mesocoxal cavities closed laterally by sterna

hing wing veins well-developed

genae produced anteriorly as rounded plates, concealing maxillae

gular sutures confluent (confluent = running into one another; gula is part of the "neck", the collum)

adeagus inverted with articulated parameres

Range

much of the world, esp. in warmer climes; in our area, e. NA & so. US(1)(2)

Food

larvae are ectoparasites of wood-inhabiting insects, esp. Cerambycidae; adult feeding habits unknown(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

2.	A preliminary checklist of the flat bark beetles of the world, by M.C. Thomas

3.	The flat bark beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Silvanidae, Passandridae, Laemophloeidae) By M.C. Thomas

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 8 April, 2005 - 2:31pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 27 April, 2011 - 9:50am

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