Biology:Pythidae

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Short description: Family of beetles

Pythidae
Pytho depressus.jpg
Pytho depressus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Pythidae
Solier, 1834

The family Pythidae is a small group of tenebrionoid beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name dead log bark beetles. There are seven genera, which are largely native to the mid-high latitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere and Australia, with one genus also present in the tropical Americas. The larvae are generally found with decaying vegetation and wood on which they feed, while adults are not associated with the larvae and are generally caught using malaise traps and light traps.[1]

Pytho kolwensis

Genera

These genera belong to the family Pythidae[1]

  • Anaplopus Blackburn, 1890 Australia
  • Ischyomius Chevrolat, 1878 g Central America and Northern South America
  • Osphyoplesius Winkler, 1915 g Palearctic
  • Priognathus LeConte, 1850 i c g b North America
  • Pytho Latreille, 1796 i c g b Holarctic
  • Sphalma Horn, 1872 i c g b Western North America
  • Trimitomerus Horn, 1888 i c g b North America

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pollock, Darren A.. "11.23. Pythidae Solier, 1834". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 708-715.
  2. "Pythidae Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=678379. 
  3. "Browse Pythidae". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/0bd3fd304f5866df7bd347e3dcc75d03. 
  4. "Pythidae". https://www.gbif.org/species/4757. 
  5. "Pythidae Family Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/15845. 
  • Gustafsson, B. Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae (2004), Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm.

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1040635 entry