Baeocrara Explained
Baeocrara is a genus of featherwing beetles named because of the intricate structure of their flight wings, which have a long fringe of hairs on their borders. They belong to the Ptiliidae family, and are minute: between 1 and 0.5 mm. They are mostly found in hollow fir stumps and other types of rotten wood, dung and plant detritus. They feed on fungal spores.[1] They seem to be recent immigrants to Northern Europe possibly introduced by the import of sawmill products.[2] They have been reported in the Czech Republic.[3] They are one of the least known groups in the Coleoptera.[4]
Species
These eight species belong to the genus Baeocrara:
- Baeocrara andrewesi Johnson, 1986
- Baeocrara japonica (Matthews, 1884)
- Baeocrara minima Darby, 2019
- Baeocrara parvula Johnson, 1986
- Baeocrara silbermanni (Wencker, 1866)
- Baeocrara tshiaberimuensis Johnson, 1986
- Baeocrara vaga Johnson, 1986
- Baeocrara variolosa (Mulsant & Rey, 1861)
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.boxvalley.co.uk/nature/sns/wad67/W67-19.asp "REPORTS FROM SUFFOLK RECORDERS: Coleoptera - Beetles"
- http://wcv.nhm-wien.ac.at/coleoptera/publications/kr2004/0417.pdf "The first European records of the pantropical genus Bambara VUILLET, and a review of the immigrant featherwing beetles in Europe"
- http://fle.czu.cz/~ruzickajan/pdf/Sorensson&Ruzicka2001Klapalekiana_Ptiliidae_distribution_CZ.pdf "New records of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) from the Czech Republic 2001"
- http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/beetles/featherwing_beetles.htm "Common name: featherwing beetles, scientific name: (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)"
