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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Parasitic Flat Bark Beetles (Passandridae)

Family Passandridae - Parasitic Flat Bark Beetles

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Taphroscelidia linearis (LeConte) - Taphroscelidia linearis

TX Parasitic Flat Bark Beetles? - Catogenus rufus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

No Taxon (Cucujid series)

Family Passandridae (Parasitic Flat Bark Beetles)

Pronunciation

Pass-AN-druh-dee

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Formerly treated as part of Cucujidae

Explanation of Names

Passandridae Erichson 1845

Numbers

3 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), 36 spp. in 5 genera in the New World, >100 spp. in 9 genera worldwide(2)

Identification

diagnostic characters(3):

tarsi 5-5-5 in both sexes

head and prothorax with system of lines and grooves (also in Laemophloeidae)

elytra with system of cells or vestiges of cells

mesocoxal cavities closed laterally by sterna

hind wing veins well-developed

genae produced anteriorly as rounded plates, concealing maxillae

gular sutures confluent (confluent = running into one another; gula is part of the "neck", the collum)

adeagus inverted with articulated parameres

Range

much of the world, esp. in warmer climes; in our area, e. NA & so. US(1)(2)

Food

larvae are ectoparasites of wood-inhabiting insects, esp. Cerambycidae; adult feeding habits unknown(1)

Print References

Thomas, M.C. 2002. Passandridae, Pp. 327-328. In: Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley, and J.H. Frank, eds. American beetles. Volume 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, New York.

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Thomas M.C. (-2011) A preliminary checklist of the flat bark beetles of the world

3.	The flat bark beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Silvanidae, Passandridae, Laemophloeidae) Thomas M.C. 1993. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 15: viii+93 pp.

Contributed by Stephen_WV on 8 April, 2005 - 2:31pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov, Thrasher
Last updated 4 June, 2019 - 10:05pm

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