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

Genus Pediacus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Found in a Hotel - Pediacus fuscus Cucujidae - Flat Bark Beetles ? - Pediacus andrewsi Pediacus - Pediacus stephani Silvanidae- genus Ahasverus? - Pediacus ommatodon Pediacus from under bark of Abies magnifica - Pediacus Pediacus from under bark of Abies magnifica - Pediacus Pediacus subglaber Rare Texas Cucujid - Pediacus
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 Cucujidae (Flat Bark Beetles)
Genus Pediacus
Explanation of Names
Pediacus Shuckard 1839
Numbers
the largest genus of the family, with 6 spp. in our area and >30 total(1)(2)(Marris & Ślipiński 2014)
Range
Holarctic, reaching Central America at high altitudes, Oriental, Australasian(1)(Marris & Ślipiński 2014)
Works Cited
1.Thomas M.C. () Family Cucujidae Latreille 1802 (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
2.A revision of Pediacus Shuckard (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) for America north of Mexico, with notes on other species
Thomas M.C. 2004. Insecta Mundi 17: 157-177 (2003).
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 16 September, 2008 - 2:04pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Gruber, v belov
Last updated 2 September, 2021 - 5:57am

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