Cybocephalidae

	Cybocephalidae Cybocephalidae is a family of sap, bark and fungus beetles in the order Coleoptera with a wide global distribution. The type genus '' Cybocephalus'' has more than 200 species in it and the entire family has about 220 species in all. Many species are predators of armoured scale insects (Diaspididae). There are four tarsal segments on all the legs. The body is only slightly longer than wide and very convex and shiny. They are small and about 1 to 3 mm long. The insect can roll into a ball like position with its downward facing head. The tarsomeres are lobed underneath. The family is sometimes treated as a subfamily within the Nitidulidae The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family of beetles. They are small (2–6 mm) ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed antennae. Some have red or yellow spots or bands. They feed mainly on decaying vegetable ma .... Genera Cybocephalidae contains the following genera: * '' Amedissia'' Kirejtshuk & Manti� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cybocephalus ''Cybocephalus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cybocephalidae, previously belonging to the subfamily Cybocephalinae of the family Nitidulidae, and comprising over 200 described species.Cline, AR, et al. (2014) Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology, 39: 758-772 Selected species * '' Cybocephalus aegyptianus'' Endrödy-Younga * '' Cybocephalus atomus'' C.Brisout de Barneville, 1866 * '' Cybocephalus balticus'' Kurochkin & Kirejtshuk, 2010 * '' Cybocephalus bourbonnensis'' Vinson, 1959 * '' Cybocephalus brevis'' Grouvelle, 1913 * '' Cybocephalus bulbophthalmus'' Endrödy-Younga, 1962 * ''Cybocephalus californicus'' Horn, 1879 * '' Cybocephalus canariensis'' Endrody-Younga, 1968 * '' Cybocephalus caribaeus'' Smith * '' Cybocephalus championi'' Smith * '' Cybocephalus chlorocapitis'' * '' Cybocephalus decaeni'' Vinson, 1959 * '' Cyb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pastillus ''Pastillus'' is a genus of Sap beetle The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family (biology), family of beetles. They are small (2–6 mm) ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed antenna (biology), antennae. Some have red or yellow spots or bands. They fe .... Species * '' Pastillus eminentithorax'' Hisamatsu, 2013 References Nitidulidae {{nitidulidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cucujoidea Cucujoidea is a superfamily of beetles. This group formerly included all of the families now included in the superfamily Coccinelloidea. They include some fungus beetles and a diversity of lineages of "bark beetles" unrelated to the "true" bark beetles ( Scolytinae), which are weevils (superfamily Curculionoidea). Morphology The morphology of Cucujoidea is varied and there are no features uniting all members of the superfamily. In terms of general appearance, they tend to be small, drab in colour and with clubbed antennae. Even this is not universal; for example, '' Glischrochilus'' (Nitidulidae) have aposematic orange spots on their elytra. Adults can be recognised by the procoxal cavities being internally open in most taxa, females having tarsal formula 5-5-5 and males 5-5-5 or 5-5-4 (rarely 4-4-4), females with tergite VIII concealed dorsally by tergite VII, and males with tergite X completely membraneous. Larvae have frontal arms usually lyriform, the mandible mesal s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nitidulidae The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family of beetles. They are small (2–6 mm) ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed antennae. Some have red or yellow spots or bands. They feed mainly on decaying vegetable matter, over-ripe fruit, and sap. Some sap beetle species coexist with fungi species and live in habitats of coniferous trees. These fungi-dependent beetles are found in all across Europe and Siberia and are the biggest nutudulid species known in those areas. Other species like the Australian ''Chychramptodes murrayi'' are known to feed on scale insects. There are a few pest species, like the strawberry sap beetle that infest crops in Brazil between the months of August and February. Some common sap beetles include: * the picnic beetle, ''Glischrochilus quadrisignatus'' * the dusky sap beetle, ''Carpophilus lugubris'' * the strawberry sap beetle, ''Stelidota geminata'' * the small hive beetle, ''Aethina tumida'' The oldest unambiguou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Diaspididae Diaspididae is the largest family of scale insects with over 2650 described species in around 400 genera. As with all scale insects, the female produces a waxy protective scale beneath which it feeds on its host plant. Diaspidid scales are far more substantial than those of most other families, incorporating the exuviae from the first two nymph (biology), nymphal instars and sometimes faeces, faecal matter and fragments of the host plant. These can be complex and extremely waterproof structures rather resembling a suit of armor. For this reason these insects are commonly referred to as armored scale insects. As it is so robust and firmly attached to the host plant, the scale often persists long after the insect has died. Some African Diaspididae are attended by ants of genus ''Melissotarsus''. The ants appear to consume the armored scales because Diaspididae are completely naked when ant-attended; the ant nest itself remains completely hidden under the bark of the tree. Selected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]