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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Bothriderid group » Dry Bark Beetles (Bothrideridae)

Family Bothrideridae - Dry Bark Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
Bothrideres? - Bothrideres Dry bark beetle 10.03.21 - Bothrideres cryptus Coleoptera - Bothrideres Colydiidae - Lithophorus ornatus beetles in bark - Prolyctus exaratus Bothrides found under sycamore bark - Bothrideres Bothrides found under sycamore bark - Bothrideres Bothrideridae? Maybe Bothrideres cryptus? - Bothrideres
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Bothriderid group)
Family Bothrideridae (Dry Bark Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
used to be treated in Colydiidae; revised in(1)
as defined in(2), only contains members of the Bothriderinae
Explanation of Names
Bothrideridae Erichson 1845
Numbers
14 spp. in 5 genera of 2 tribes in our area(3), 27 genera total(2)
Size
1.5-13 mm(3)
Range
worldwide(3)
Food
some are ectoparasites of larvae & pupae of wood-boring beetles, others feed on fungi or prey upon ambrosia beetle larvae(3)
See Also
Works Cited
1.The Bothrideridae and Colydiidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Clavicornia and Heteromera)
Stephan K.H. 1989. Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. xii, 65 p.
2.Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)
Robertson J.A., Ślipiński A., Moulton M., Shockley F.W., Giorgi A., Lord N.P., McKenna D.D., Tomaszewska W., Forrester J. ... 2015. Syst. Entomol. doi: 10.1111/syen.12138.
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 6 December, 2007 - 6:00pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 August, 2015 - 9:55am

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