Byturidae

Byturidae
	Byturus ochraceus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Cleroidea
Family:	Byturidae; Gistel, 1848
Subfamilies
	see text

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: 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:^[2]

Subfamily Byturinae
- Genus Byturodes
  - Byturodes grahami Barber, 1942
- 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
  - Xerasia variegata Lewis, 1895
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

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
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[american-1] 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.

[Springer94-2] 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

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