Squamous beetles ( lat. Cucujidae ) - a family of insects of the infraorder Cuciiformes from the order of beetles .
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Content
- 1 Description
- 2 Distribution
- 3 Classification
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Description
Medium-sized beetles 6–25 mm long.
Distribution
Classification
40 species and 4 genera. Previously, Laemophloeinae , Silvaninae, and Passandrinae groups were included in the family as subfamilies, which were then separated into separate families. In Russia - 6 species. Source of assessment: A. G. Kireichuk [1995]. [one]
- The genus Cucujus Müller , 1764 - 9 species. Europe , North America , North Asia ( Holarctic )
- Cucujus cinnaberinus (Scopoli, 1763)
- Cucujus haematodes Erichson, 1845 - Europe , Siberia
- Genus Palaestes Perty - 8 species. In South and Central America, at high altitudes.
- Genus Pediacus Shuckard, 1839 - 22 species, Europe, Africa, Australia
- Pediacus depressus (Herbst, 1797)
- Pediacus dermestoides ( Fabricius , 1792)
- Pediacus fuscus Erichson, 1845
- Genus Platsisus Erichson - 5 species. Australia , New Zealand
Pediacus depressus
Platisus zelandicus
Notes
Literature
- Guéorguiev, B .; Doychev, D .; Ovcharov, D. 2008 : Cucujidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) - a new family to the fauna of Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica, 19: 93-97. Pdf
- Lee, C.-F .; Pütz, A. 2008 : A new species of Cucujus Fabricius, 1775 from China and key to the east-Palaearctic species of the genus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 118 (5): 211-213.
- Lee, C.-F .; Satô, M. 2007 : A review of the genus Cucujus Fabricius (Insecta: Cucujoidea: Cucujidae) from Taiwan, Japan, and China, with descriptions of two new species and the larvae of Cucujus mniszechi Grouvelle. Zoological studies, 46: 311-321. Pdf
- Thomas, MC 2004 : A revision of Pediacus Shuckard (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) for America north of Mexico, with notes on other species. Insecta mundi, 17: 157-177.
- Watt, JC; Marris, JWM; Klimaszewski, J. 2001 : A new species of Platisus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) from New Zealand, described from the adult and larva. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 31: 327–339.
Links
- Cucujidae at www.zin.ru
- Cucujidae at www.biolib.cz
- Cucujidae on SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD