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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Ironclad Beetles (Zopheridae) » Cylindrical Bark Beetles (Colydiinae)

Subfamily Colydiinae - Cylindrical Bark Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Very tiny beetle - Colydium lineola Aulonium longum - female Microsicus parvulus Paha laticollis cylindrical bark beetle - Namunaria pacifica Tiny beetle - Endeitoma granulata Powdery beetle - Endeitoma granulata Powdery beetle - Endeitoma granulata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)
Subfamily Colydiinae (Cylindrical Bark Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cylindrical Bark Beetles formerly had family status, Colydiidae.
[Please cite the reference for this change. The last time the family was treated in the Coleopterists Bulletin (2006) it still had full family status and I don't see any subsequent treatments of the family. Thanks, MQ]
Numbers
25 Nearctic genera
Remarks
This page was originally filed under family Colydiidae, when this group had family status, and was created by Phillip Harpootlian and Mike Quinn.
Print References
American Beetles, Vol. 2, Chapter 103 (1)
Stephan, K.H. 1989. The Bothrideridae and Colydiidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Clavicornia and Heteromera). Occ. Pap. Fla. St. Coll. Arthrop. 6:1-65.
Horn, George, 1878. Synopsis of the Colydiidae of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 17, No. 101, (Jan. - Jun.,1878), pp. 555-592 (PDF)--includes keys (likely out-of-date, but still perhaps useful for some groups)
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.)
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 2 August, 2008 - 6:30am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 November, 2008 - 7:52pm

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