Byturidae

Byturidae, also known as Fruitworms,[1] is a very small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga, comprising fewer than 20 species worldwide.[2][3][4] The larvae of some species develop in fruits. Byturus unicolor affects species of Rubus and Geum.

Byturidae
Byturus ochraceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Byturidae
Gistel, 1848
Subfamilies

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There are two subfamilies: Platydascillinae and Byturinae. The distribution of Byturinae is holarctic. Species of Platydascillinae are found in southeast Asia.[1]

Classification

Subfamilies and genera are as below:[2]

  • Subfamily Byturinae
    • Genus Byturodes
      • Byturodes grahami Barber, 1942
    • Genus Byturus
    • Genus Xerasia
      • Xerasia grisescens (Jayne, 1882)
      • Xerasia meschniggi (Reitter, 1905)
      • Xerasia punica Goodrich & Springer
      • Xerasia variegata Lewis, 1895
  • Subfamily Platydascillinae
    • Genus Bispinatus
      • Bispinatus capillatus Springer & Goodrich, 1995
      • Bispinatus vietnamensis Springer & Goodrich, 1994
    • Genus Dascillocyphon
      • Dascillocyphon minor Everts, 1909
    • Genus Platydascillus
      • Platydascillus sumatranus Everts, 1909
    • Genus Remigera
      • Remigera securiformis Springer & Goodrich, 1994
      • Remigera spatulata Springer & Goodrich, 1994
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References
  1. Michael A. Ivie (2002). Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas (ed.). American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2 of American Beetles. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  2. C.A. Springer & M.A. Goodrich (1994) A Revision of the Subfamily Platydascillinae (Coleoptera: Byturidae) from Southeast Asia, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Three New Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 60-78
  4. Cucujoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants


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