Cucujus

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: Cucujoidea

Familia: Cucujidae
Genus: Cucujus
Species (16): C. bicolor – C. chinensis – C. cinnaberinus – C. clavipes – C. coccinatus – C. coloniarius – C. costatus – C. elongatus – C. grouvellei – C. haematodes – C. janatai – C. kempi – C. mniszechi – C. muelleri – C. nigripennis – C. tulliae
Name

Cucujus Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms

Earophilus Gistel, 1856: 375
Porphyrus Gozis, 1886: 20

Type species

Cucujus Fabricius: Cucujus depressus Fabricius, 1775 [=cinnaberinus (Scopoli, 1763)]
Earophilus Gistel: Cantharis sanguinolentus Linnaeus, 1767 [=cinnaberinus (Scopoli, 1763)]
Porphyrus Gozis: Cucujus depressus Fabricius, 1775 [=cinnaberinus (Scopoli, 1763)]

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
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
Zhao, M-Z. & Zhang, J-K. 2019. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Cucujus Fabricius (Coleoptera, Cucujidae) from China. Zootaxa 4544(1): 144–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.1.10 Paywall Reference page.

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Cucujus is a genus of beetles in the family Cucujidae, the flat bark beetles. It contains 19 currently recognized species and subspecies.[1][2][3][4]
Contents

1 Description
2 Ecology
3 Species
4 References

Description

Species of Cucujus are of moderate size (6-25mm), greatly dorso-ventrally compressed, and brightly colored, often red or red and black. Additionally, they can distinguished from other members of the family by the head being generally wider than the pronotum with prominent temples, and the elongate, inverted male genitalia with a flagellum.[5] The genus occurs throughout the Holarctic region, with indigenous species in North America, Europe, and Asia. It is most diverse in Asia.[3]
Ecology

The biology of most species in the genus is poorly known. All life stages live under dead bark, where they apparently are predacious.[6] Larvae also are dorso-ventrally compressed. Cucujus clavipes puniceus, which occurs in western North America, has been the subject of considerable research interest due to its ability to produce natural antifreeze compounds.[7][8]
Species

Cucujus bicolor Smith, 1851
Cucujus chinensis Lee & Sâto, 2007
Cucujus cinnaberinus Scopoli, 1763
Cucujus clavipes Fabricius
Cucujus clavipes clavipes Fabricius, 1781
Cucujus clavipes puniceus Mannerheim, 1843
Cucujus coccinatus Lewis, 1881
Cucujus coloniarius (Olliff, 1885) (syn. of C. bicolor?)
Cucujus costatus Zhao & Zhang, 2019
Cucujus elongatus Lee & Pütz, 2008
Cucujus grouvellei Reitter, 1877
Cucujus haematodes Erichson
Cucujus haematodes haematodes Erichson, 1845
Cucujus haematodes caucasicus Motschulsky, 1845
Cucujus haematodes opacus Lewis, 1888
Cucujus janatai Háva, Zahradník & Růžička, 2019
Cucujus kempi Grouvelle, 1913
Cucujus mniszechi Grouvelle, 1874
Cucujus muelleri Bussler, 2017
Cucujus nigripennis Lee & Sâto, 2007
Cucujus tulliae Bonacci, Mazzei, Horák, & Brandmayr, 2012

References

Lee, C.; Pütz, A. "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. ISSN 0013-8843.
Lee, C.; 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" (PDF). Zoological Studies (46): 311–321.
Bonacci, Teresa; Mazzei, Antonio; Horak, Jakub; Brandmayr, Pietro (2012-07-30). "Cucujus tulliae sp. n. – an endemic Mediterranean saproxylic beetle from genus Cucujus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera, Cucujidae), and keys for identification of adults and larvae native to Europe". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (212): 63–79. doi:10.3897/zookeys.212.3254. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3428704. PMID 22933850.
"Contribution to the Knowledge of the Genus Cucujus Fabricius (Coleoptera, Cucujidae) from China". Novataxa. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
Thomas, M. C.; Leschen, R. A. B. (2010). "Cucujidae Latreille, 1802". In Leschen, R. A. B.; Beutel, R. G.; Lawrence, J. F. (eds.). Handbook of Zoology. Vol. Coleoptera, Beetles Vol. 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 350–354.
Smith, D. B.; Sears, M. K. (1982). "Mandibular Structure and Feeding Habits of Three Morphologically Similar Coleopterous Larvae: Cucujus Clavipes (Cucujidae), Dendroides Canadensis (Pyrochroidae), and Pytho Depressus (Salpingidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. Cambridge University Press (CUP). 114 (2): 173–175. doi:10.4039/ent114173-2. ISSN 0008-347X.
Carrasco, M. A.; et al. (2012). "Investigating the deep supercooling ability of an Alaskan beetle, Cucujus clavipes puniceus, via high throughput proteomics". J Proteomics. 75 (4): 1220–34. doi:10.1016/j.jprot.2011.10.034. PMID 22094879.
Sformo, T.; et al. (2010-01-19). "Deep supercooling, vitrification and limited survival to -100°C in the Alaskan beetle Cucujus clavipes puniceus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) larvae". Journal of Experimental Biology. The Company of Biologists. 213 (3): 502–509. doi:10.1242/jeb.035758. ISSN 0022-0949. PMID 20086136.