Subfamily Epiphloeinae

Classification · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

from my pine bark container - Madoniella dislocata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)

Subfamily Epiphloeinae

Numbers

5 described & several undescribed* spp. in 4 genera in our area (271 spp. in 25 genera total)(1)(2)(3)

(*)Jacques Rifkind, pers.comm. to =v=, 2.iv.2013

Size

worldwide, 2.8–12.0 mm(1)

Range

New World (Canada to Argentina)(1)

Habitat

most commonly collected from bark during outbreaks of bark beetles(1)

Food

lignicolous predators in the larval and adult stage(1)

Remarks

The body color of many species blends in with the color of bark on which they capture their prey. Other species are brightly colored and involved in Batesian or Müllerian mimicry complexes.(1)

Print References

Opitz, W. 2010. New taxa of Epiphloeinae Kuwert (Cleridae) and Chaetosomatidae Crowson (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Insecta Mundi 0123: 1-28.

Works Cited

1.	Classification, natural history, phylogeny, and subfamily composition of the Cleridae and generic content of the subfamilies Opitz W. 2010. Entomologica Basiliensia et Collections Frey 32: 31–128.

2.	Classification, natural history, and evolution of Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VII. The genera Hapsidopteris... Opitz W. 2008. Zootaxa 1754: 1–40.

3.	Classification, natural history, and evolution of the Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part XI. taxonomy and catalogue. etc. Opitz, W. 2014. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 99(2): 5-94.

Contributed by v belov on 9 April, 2010 - 4:38am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 January, 2018 - 8:00am

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