Dorcatominae Explained

Dorcatominae is a subfamily of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 16 genera and at least 190 described species in Dorcatominae.

The subfamily Dorcatominae, along with Anobiinae and several others, were formerly considered members of the family Anobiidae, but the family name has since been changed to Ptinidae.

Genera

These 16 genera belong to the subfamily Dorcatominae:

• Anitys Thomson, 1863

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• Byrrhodes LeConte, 1878

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• Caenocara Thomson, 1859

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• Calymmaderus Solier, 1849

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• Calytheca White, 1973

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• Cryptoramorphus White, 1966-01

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• Dorcatoma Herbst, 1792

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• Mirosternus Sharp, 1881

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• Mizodorcatoma Hayashi, 1955

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• Petalium LeConte, 1861

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• Protheca LeConte, 1865

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• Sculptotheca Schilsky, 1900

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• Stagetus Wollaston, 1861

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• Stichtoptychus Fall, 1905

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• Striatheca White, 1973

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• † Venablesia Britton, 1960

^gData sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arango. Rachel A.. Young. Daniel K.. 2012. Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 2018-08-30. 2018-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20180720212459/https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr209.pdf. dead.
• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Borowski . Jerzy. Wegrzynowicz . Piotr. 2007. World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. 9788392618218.
• Book: Lawrence . J.F.. Newton Jr. . A.F.. Pakaluk . James. Slipinski . Stanislaw Adam. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. 2. 779–1006. 978-83-85192-34-3.
• Book: LeConte. J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 978-0395910894. registration.

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