Byturidae
| Byturidae | |
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| Byturus ochraceus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cleroidea |
| Family: | Byturidae Gistel, 1848 |
| Subfamilies | |
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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.
There are two subfamilies: and . The distribution of Byturinae is holarctic. Species of Platydascillinae are found in southeast Asia.[1]
Classification[]
Subfamilies and genera are as below:[2]
- Subfamily
- Genus
- Barber, 1942
- Genus Byturus
- Reitter, 1874
- Byturus ochraceus (Scriba, 1791)
- Byturus tomentosus (De Geer, 1774)
- Byturus unicolor Say, 1823
- Sen Gupta
- Genus Xerasia
- Xerasia grisescens (Jayne, 1882)
- (Reitter, 1905)
- Goodrich & Springer
- Lewis, 1895
- Genus
- Subfamily
- Genus
- Springer & Goodrich, 1995
- Springer & Goodrich, 1994
- Genus
- Everts, 1909
- Genus
- Everts, 1909
- Genus
- Springer & Goodrich, 1994
- Springer & Goodrich, 1994
- Genus
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.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ Cucujoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants
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