The Boridae are a small family of
tenebrionoid beetle
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s with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name conifer bark beetles. The family contains three genera. ''
Boros'' is native to North America and northern Eurasia, ''
Lecontia
''Lecontia'' is a genus of conifer bark beetles in the family Boridae
The Boridae are a small family of tenebrionoid beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name conifer bark beetles. The family contains ...
'' is endemic to North America, while ''
Synercticus'' is found in Australia and New Guinea. The larvae of ''Boros'' are found under bark and are especially associated with
standing dead trees (snags), typically
pines
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, found in
old-growth forests
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. ''Lecontia'' larvae are found inhabiting damp parts of the root system of dead standing trees. Little is known of the life habits of ''Synercticus.''
[Pollock, Darren A.. "11.21. Boridae C. G.Thomson, 1859". ''Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim)'', edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 699-704.]
Taxonomy
* Genus ''
Boros''
Herbst, 1797
** ''
Boros schneideri
''Boros schneideri'' is a species of beetle belonging to the family Boridae
The Boridae are a small family of tenebrionoid beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name conifer bark beetles. The family con ...
''
(Panzer, 1795)
** ''
Boros unicolor
''Boros unicolor'' is a species of conifer bark beetle in the family Boridae
The Boridae are a small family of tenebrionoid beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name conifer bark beetles. The family co ...
''
Say, 1827
* Genus ''
Lecontia
''Lecontia'' is a genus of conifer bark beetles in the family Boridae
The Boridae are a small family of tenebrionoid beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name conifer bark beetles. The family contains ...
''
Champion, 1889
** ''
Lecontia discicollis
''Lecontia'' is a genus of conifer bark beetles in the family Boridae
The Boridae are a small family of tenebrionoid beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name conifer bark beetles. The family contains ...
''
LeConte, 1850
* Genus ''
Synercticus''
Newman, 1842
** ''
Synercticus heteromerus''
Newman, 1842
References
External links
Boridae Species Listat Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 Jul 2011.
Tenebrionoidea
Beetle families
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