Caenocara
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Caenocara is a genus
of beetle
s in the family Anobiidae
. Members of this genus are sometimes called puffball beetles.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of beetle
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s in the family Anobiidae
Anobiidae
Anobiidae is a family of beetles. The larvae of a number of species tend to bore into wood, earning them the name "woodworm" or "wood borer". A few species are pests, causing damage to wooden furniture and house structures, notably the death watch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, and the common...
. Members of this genus are sometimes called puffball beetles.
Species
- Caenocara affine Boheman, 1858
- Caenocara bicolor Germar, 1824
- Caenocara blanchardi Fall, 1905
- Caenocara bovistae Hoffmann, 1803
- Caenocara californicum LeConte, 1878
- Caenocara frontale Fall, 1905
- Caenocara ineptum Fall, 1905
- Caenocara laterale LeConte, 1878
- Caenocara neomexicanum Fall, 1905
- Caenocara nigricorne Manee, 1915
- Caenocara oculata Say, 1824
- Caenocara ovale Fall, 1905
- Caenocara scymnoides LeConte, 1865
- Caenocara simile Say, 1835
- Caenocara subglobosum Mulsant & Rey, 1864
- Caenocara tenuipalpum Fall, 1905