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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Sap, Bark and Fungus Beetles (Cucujoidea) » Cucujid series » Shining Flower Beetles (Phalacridae) » Olibrus

Genus Olibrus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
tiny beetle - Olibrus Phalacridae? - Olibrus Olibrus Small, round, shiny beetle with a hairy tail - Olibrus Beetle - Olibrus Phalacridae, ventral - Olibrus Olibrus? - Olibrus shining flower beetle - Olibrus
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 Cucujoidea (Sap, Bark and Fungus Beetles)
No Taxon (Cucujid series)
Family Phalacridae (Shining Flower Beetles)
Genus Olibrus
Explanation of Names
Olibrus Erichson 1845
Numbers
~30 described spp. in our area (the actual number probably much lower), ~130 total(1); this is currently the largest genus in Phalacridae in terms of described species, but many (especially Oriental) spp. will probably be removed(2)
Size
1.1–3.9 mm(3)
Identification
shape of last antennomere (the 11th) diagnostic:
Range
Old World + NA (so. Canada to Mexico)(2)
Habitat
unlike most genera in the family, adults on flowers, esp. Asteraceae(2)
Food
larvae develop within flower heads of particular Asteraceae, are more host specific and feed only on fluids(2)
Remarks
our sole representative of the Olibrus-group (2 genera total; worldwide except the Neotropics)(2)
Internet References
Genus page(3)
Works Cited
1.Gimmel M.L. World checklist of valid names in Phalacridae
2.Genus-level revision of the family Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
Gimmel M. 2013. Zootaxa 3605: 1–147.
3.Gimmel M. 2012. Phalacridae (Coleoptera) taxonomic database [temporary name]
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 2 March, 2006 - 4:59am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 23 December, 2013 - 6:20pm

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