Dorcatoma

Dorcatoma
Dorcatoma chrysomelina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Ptinidae
Tribe: Dorcatomini
Genus: Dorcatoma
Herbst, 1792

Dorcatoma is a genus of beetles in the family Ptinidae. They are distributed in several regions of the world, excluding tropical areas. There are more than 70 species.

Beetles of this genus live in dead wood, especially that which is softened and decomposed by fungi.

Species include:

References

  1. 1 2 Dorcatoma. Fauna Europaea.
  2. 1 2 Buche, B. & Lundberg, S. (2002). A new species of deathwatch beetle (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) discovered in Europe. Entomologica Fennica 13(2) 79-84.
  3. ↑ Suda, I. & Nagirnyi, V. (2002). The Dorcatoma Herbst, 1792 (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) species of Estonia. Entomologica Fennica 13(2) 116-122.