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Family Cucujidae - Flat Bark Beetles

Flat Bark Beetle Cucujus clavipes - Cucujus puniceus - male Cucujus clavipes red beetle - Cucujus clavipes ? - Cucujus clavipes Cucujus clavipes pupa - Cucujus clavipes Red Flat Bark Beetle - Cucujus clavipes Cucujus clavipes cucjus clavipes larvae - Cucujus puniceus Pediacus fuscus
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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