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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Wrinkled Bark Beetles (Rhysodidae)

Family Rhysodidae - Wrinkled Bark Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Rhysodid - Clinidium rosenbergi - male Rhysodid - Clinidium rosenbergi - male Rhysodid - Clinidium baldufi - male Rhysodid - Clinidium baldufi - male Carabid - Clinidium - female Wrinkled bark beetles - Omoglymmius americanus Wrinkled bark beetles - Omoglymmius americanus Wrinkled bark beetles - Omoglymmius americanus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)
Family Rhysodidae (Wrinkled Bark Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
A controversial recent proposal downgraded this family to a tribe in the Carabidae, not followed here.
Numbers
8 species in North America (2 Omoglymmius and 6 Clinidium)

Family RHYSODIDAE
Genus Clinidium Kirby 1830
Clinidium apertum Reitter 1880 (Clinidium)
Clinidium baldufi Bell 1970 (Clinidium)
Clinidium calcaratum LeConte 1875 (Clinidium)
Clinidium rosenbergi Bell 1970 (Clinidium)
Clinidium sculptilis Newman 1838 (Rhysodes)
Clinidium valentinei Bell 1970 (Clinidium)
Genus Omoglymmius Ganglbauer 1892
Omoglymmius americanus Laporte 1836 (Rhysodes)
Omoglymmius hamatus LeConte 1875 (Rhysodes)
Size
5 to 8 mm
Habitat
Live in dead, often very moist, wood.
Print References
America Beetles, Vol. 1, Chapter 5 (1)
Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina (2)
Internet References
Rhysodidae of Florida
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.)
2.Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina
By Janet Ciegler
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 27 September, 2006 - 12:59am
Additional contributions by Brad Barnd
Last updated 18 September, 2008 - 3:02pm

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