Flat bark beetle
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The Cucujidae, sometimes called flat bark beetles are a family
of distinctively flat beetle
s found worldwide under the bark of dead and live trees. The family consists of about 40 species in four genera.
Cucujidae have elongate parallel-side bodies ranging from 6 to 25 mm in length. Most are brown colored, while others are black, reddish or yellow. Heads are triangular in shape, with filiform
antennae of 11 antennomeres, and large mandibles. The pronotum is narrower than the head.
Both larvae and adult live under the bark, otherwise little is known of their habits.
The family was formerly larger, with subfamilies Laemophloeinae, Silvaninae, and Passandrinae (and some tenebrionoid
genera mixed in), but recent revisions have raised the subfamilies to family status.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of distinctively flat 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 found worldwide under the bark of dead and live trees. The family consists of about 40 species in four genera.
Cucujidae have elongate parallel-side bodies ranging from 6 to 25 mm in length. Most are brown colored, while others are black, reddish or yellow. Heads are triangular in shape, with filiform
Filiform
Filiform can refer to:*Filiform, a common term used in botany to described leaf shapes.*Filiform papilla on the tongue.*Thread-like crystal formations*A corrosion mechanism...
antennae of 11 antennomeres, and large mandibles. The pronotum is narrower than the head.
Both larvae and adult live under the bark, otherwise little is known of their habits.
The family was formerly larger, with subfamilies Laemophloeinae, Silvaninae, and Passandrinae (and some tenebrionoid
Tenebrionoidea
Tenebrionoidea is a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles.It broadly corresponds to the 'Heteromera' of earlier authors.It contains the families:* Aderidae Winkler 1927 * Anthicidae Latreille 1819...
genera mixed in), but recent revisions have raised the subfamilies to family status.