Bothrideridae

Life-forms

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

Familia: Bothrideridae
Genera: Antibothrus – Antroderus – Ascetoderes – Asosylus – Bothrideres – Chinikus – Cosmothorax – Craspedophilus – Cylindromicrus – Dastarcus – Deretaphrus – Emmaglaeus – Erotylathris – Leptoglyphus – Lithophorus – Mabomus – Machlotes – Ogmoderes – Patroderes – Petalophora – Prolyctus – Pseudantibothrus – Pseudobothrideres – Pseudososylus – Roplyctus – Shekarus – Sosylus – Triboderus

Name

Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845
Synonyms

Bothriderini Erichson, 1845
Bothrideridae
Bothriderinae
Deretaphrini Horn, 1878
Dastarcini Reitter, 1922

References
Additional references

Aoki, J. 2012. Four species of the genus Leptoglypus [Leptoglyphus] from Japan (Coleoptera, Bothrideridae). Elytra (n.s.) 1(2): 263–271. PDF Reference page.
Aoki, J. 2012. Taxonomical treatment of the Cylindromicrus-species (Coleoptera, Bothrideridae). Elytra (n.s.) 2(1): 39–42. PDF. Reference page.
Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (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. 548. PDF.
McElrath, T.C., Androw, R.A. & McHugh, J.V. 2016. Antibothrus morimotoi Sasaji, an Old World cocoon-forming beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Bothrideridae) newly established in North America. Zootaxa 4154(3): 323–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.3.7 Reference page.
Pal, T.K. & Lawrence, J.F. 1986. A new genus and subfamily of mycophagous Bothrideridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from the Indo-Australian region, with notes on related families. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 185–210. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1986.tb01101.x
Robertson, J.A., Ślipiński, A., Moulton, M., Shockley, F.W., Giorgi, J.A., Lord, N.P., McKenna, D.D., Tomaszewska, W., Forrester, J., Miller, K.B., Whiting, M.F. & McHugh, J.V. 2015. Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology 40(4): 745–778. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12138 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Sasaji, H. 1997: A new species of the genus Antibothrus (Coleoptera, Bothrideridae) from Japan, with notes on the Japanese Bothriderinae. Esakia, (37): 111–116. PDF
Ślipiński, A., Lord, N. & Lawrence, J.F. 2010. 10.28. Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845. Pp. 411–422 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 3-11-019075-3. ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5.
Ślipiński, S.A.; Pope, R.D.; Aldridge, R.J.W. 1989: A review of the world Bothriderini (Coleoptera, Bothrideridae). Polskie pismo entomologiczne, 59: 131–202.

Links

Lord, N.P. 2009. Bothrideridae. Cocoon-forming beetles. Version 22 September 2009. In: The Tree of Life Web Project. Online.
Tree of Life Web Project. 2009. Bothriderinae Erichson, 1845. Version 22 September 2009 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Bothriderinae/139382/2009.09.22 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
Bothrideridae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of Bothrideridae of Russia

Bothrideridae is a family of beetles in the suborder Polyphaga.[1] They are known commonly as the cocoon-forming beetles or dry bark beetles.[2] They occur worldwide with most native to the Old World tropics.[2]

Description

These beetles are 1.4 to 12 millimeters long as adults. They generally have very elongated bodies, some over 4 times longer than wide. They may be cylindrical or somewhat flattened. They are yellow to black in color, some with various patterning and some with red spots. They are hairless to slightly hairy or scaly in texture. The antennae have 9 to 11 segments and are usually club-shaped at the tips. Larvae are up to 18 millimeters long and are elongate in shape.[3]
Biology and ecology

Most beetles in this family live under tree bark. Species in the subfamily Anommatinae live in the soil, especially the compost-rich upper layer and organic litter.[3]

The larvae of some species are ectoparasitoids of other insects, including other woodboring beetles, wood wasps, and carpenter bees.[3] These species feed on their host insects; non-parasitic species generally feed on fungi.[4]
Diversity
Teredus cylindricus

There are four subfamilies: Bothriderinae, Teredinae, Xylariophilinae, and Anommatinae. These contain about 38 genera with about 400 described species.[3]

Genera include:[1][5]

Abromus
Anommatus
Bothrideres
Dastarcus
Deretaphrus
Lithophorus
Ogmoderes
Oxylaemus
Prolyctus
Rustleria
Sosylus
Teredus
Xylariophilus

References

Bothrideridae. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Lord, N. P. 2009. Bothrideridae: Cocoon-forming beetles. Version 22 September 2009. Tree of Life Web Project.
2010. Slipiński, A. S., N. P. Lord and J. F. Lawrence, 10.28. Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845. Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Pp. 411-422 In: Handbook of Zoology Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 2. Morphology and Systematics (Polyphaga partim). (Eds. R. G. Beutel, R. A. B. Leschen and J. F. Lawrence). W. DeGruyter, Berlin.
Lord, N. P., & McHugh, J. V. (2013). A taxonomic revision of the genus Deretaphrus Newman, 1842 (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Bothrideridae). Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine The Coleopterists Bulletin 67(4), 1-107.
Bothrideridae. Fauna Europaea.