Cucujidae

Platisus zelandicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucujoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Cucujoidea

Familia: Cucujidae
Genera (4): Cucujus – Palaestes – Pediacus – Platisus

Name

Cucujidae Latreille, 1802

Type genus: Cucujus Fabricius, 1775

References

Primary references

• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii + 13–467 [+ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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
• Latreille, P.A. 1807: Genera crustaceorum et insectorum: secundum ordinem natrualem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Argentorati: Amand Koenig. Internet Archive BHL
• 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
• I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-67-6, p. 502
• Thomas, M.C. 2004: A revision of Pediacus Shuckard (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) for America north of Mexico, with notes on other species. Insecta mundi, 17: 157–177. PDF
• Thomas, M.C.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2010: 10.15. Cucujidae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 350-354 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
• Watt, J.C.; Marris, J.W.M.; 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. Royal Society of New Zealand

Links

• Cucujidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2005. Cucujidae. Flat bark beetles. Version 01 January 2005 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Atlas of flat bark beetles (Cucujidae) of Russia

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Plattkäfer
English: Flat bark beetle
日本語: ヒラタムシ科
русский: Плоскотелки
中文: 扁甲科

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