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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Dorcatominae » Calymmaderus

Genus Calymmaderus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Calymmaderus nitidus (LeConte) - Calymmaderus nitidus beetle - Calymmaderus nitidus beetle - Calymmaderus nitidus Unidentified Beetle - Calymmaderus nitidus Dermestid? - Calymmaderus Small, shiny beetle with antenna blades - Calymmaderus nitidus Death-watch beetle of sorts... - Calymmaderus Cryptorama? - Calymmaderus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
Subfamily Dorcatominae
Genus Calymmaderus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupactus LeConte, Thaptor Gorham
Explanation of Names
Calymmaderus Solier 1849 [the type species is from Chile]
Numbers
7 spp. in our area, >50 described species total
Identification
The two apical antennal segments linked to form a three-segmented club, functionally 2-segmented, are diagnostic.
Range
primarily neotropical, ranging into so. US (C. nitidus reaches QC); a few spp. in Australia (native) and 2 in Europe (both introduced)
Habitat
Larvae, insofar known, are wood-borers (a termitophilous sp. is known from C. America)
Remarks
our only representative of the tribe Calymmaderini White 1982, that contains a total of 4 genera
Print References
(1)
Works Cited
1.Keys to neotropical species of Calymmaderus Solier and species of Calytheca White, with taxonomic notes (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)
White, R.E. 1983. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 85: 229-250.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 30 June, 2008 - 6:21am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 17 March, 2015 - 5:36pm

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