| Byturidae | |
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| Byturus ochraceus | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cleroidea |
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Byturidae Gistel, 1848 |
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Byturidae, also known as fruitworms, [1] are small family of cleroid beetles with over 15 described species, primarily distributed in the Holarctic and Southeast Asia. The larvae of at least some genera feed on fruit, such as Byturus, a notable commercial pest of Rubus (blackberries and raspberries) consuming both the fruit and seeds, while others like Xerasia are associated with catkins. The adults are known to feed on developing leaves, flowers and pollen. [2]
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: [3]
- Subfamily
Byturinae
- Genus
Haematoides
- Haematoides davidis Fairmaire, 1878 (= Byturodes grahami) [4]
- Genus
Byturus
- Byturus affinis Reitter, 1874
- Byturus ochraceus (Scriba, 1791)
- Byturus tomentosus (De Geer, 1774)
- Byturus unicolor Say, 1823
- Byturus wittmeri Sen Gupta
- Genus
Xerasia
- Xerasia grisescens (Jayne, 1882)
- Xerasia meschniggi (Reitter, 1905)
- Xerasia punica Goodrich & Springer, 1988
- Xerasia variegata Lewis, 1895
- Genus
Haematoides
- 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
- Genus
Bispinatus
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Cline, Andrew R.; Goodrich, Michael A.; Leschen, Richard A. B. (2010-12-31), Kükenthal, Willy; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Lawrence, John F. (eds.), "10.2. Byturidae Jacquelin duVal, 1858", Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), DE GRUYTER, pp. 286–292, doi: 10.1515/9783110911213.286, ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5, retrieved 2023-04-24
- ^ 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
- ^ Ivie, Michael A. “The Familial Placement of the Genus Haematoides Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Dascillidae, Byturidae).” The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 55, no. 3, 2001, pp. 338–40. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4009636. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023.
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