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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Wrinkled Bark Beetles (Rhysodidae)

Family Rhysodidae - Wrinkled Bark Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Rhysodidae (Wrinkled Bark Beetles)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhyssodidae Jacquelin du Val 1857

Some workers treat this group as part of the Carabidae --a recent trend not followed in (1) or in the Guide

Explanation of Names

Rhysodidae Laporte 1840

Numbers

8 spp. in 2 genera in our area, >350 spp. in 40 genera worldwide(1)(2)

Size

5-8 mm(3)

Identification

Omoglymmius (left) has the elytral striae strongly punctate and the lateral grooves of the pronotum long

Clinidium (right) has the elytral striae not or indistinctly punctate and the lateral grooves present only on basal half

Regional keys in (4)(5)(6)(7)

Range

much of the world, by far more diverse in the S hemisphere(1)

Habitat

Dead, often very moist, wood of hardwoods and conifers(3)

Food

Presumably slime molds (Myxomycetes)(3)

Internet References

Taxon profile (Bell 1999)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

2.	Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Ślipiński S.A., Leschen R.A.B., Lawrence J.F. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 203–208.

3.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

4.	Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina Janet Ciegler. 2000. Clemson University.

5.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

6.	The Beetles of the Pacific Northwest Hatch, M. 1953. University of Washington publications in biology, Volume 16. University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington.

7.	Florida Wrinkled Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Rhysodini)

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 27 September, 2006 - 12:59am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Peter Messer, v belov
Last updated 31 August, 2021 - 6:33am

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