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Family Cucujidae - Flat Bark Beetles

Cucujidae: Cucujus clavipes - Cucujus puniceus

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)

Explanation of Names

Cucujidae Latreille 1802

Numbers

7 spp. in 2 genera in our area, ~60 spp. in 5 genera worldwide(1)(2)

Size

6-25 mm

Identification

Flattened elongate body, 11-segmented antennae, elytra rounded at its apex, 5 abdominal sternites

Range

represented on all continents except Africa, most diverse in the Holarctic Region(3)

Habitat

adults and larvae usually found under bark of dead trees(3)

Food

adults and larvae presumably predaceous on other arthropods(3)

Works Cited

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

2.	A comprehensive phylogeny of flat bark beetles (Col.: Cucujidae) with a revised classification and a new South American genus Jin M., Zwick A., Ślipiński A., Marris J.W.M., Thomas M.C., Pang H. 2020. Sys. Entomol. 45: 248-268.

3.	Thomas M.C. () Family Cucujidae Latreille 1802 (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

Contributed by Stephen_WV on 1 October, 2004 - 6:54am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 16 September, 2021 - 5:54pm

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