''Dorcatoma'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family
Ptinidae.
[''Dorcatoma''.]
Fauna Europaea. They are distributed in several regions of the world, excluding tropical areas.
[Buche, B. & Lundberg, S. (2002)]
A new species of deathwatch beetle (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) discovered in Europe.
''Entomologica Fennica'' 13(2) 79-84. There are more than 70 species.
[Suda, I. & Nagirnyi, V. (2002)]
The ''Dorcatoma'' Herbst, 1792 (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) species of Estonia.
''Entomologica Fennica'' 13(2) 116-122.
Beetles of this genus live in dead wood, especially that which is softened and decomposed by fungi.
[
Species include:][
*Subgenus ''Dorcatoma''
**'' Dorcatoma dresdensis''
**'' Dorcatoma lomnickii''
**'' Dorcatoma palmi''
**'' Dorcatoma punctulata''
**'' Dorcatoma robusta''
*Subgenus ''Pilosodorcatoma''
**'' Dorcatoma ambjoerni''
**'' Dorcatoma androgyna''
**'' Dorcatoma chrysomelina''
**'' Dorcatoma janssoni''
**'' Dorcatoma minor''
**'' Dorcatoma setosella''
**'' Dorcatoma substriata''
*Subgenus ''Sternitodorcatoma''
**'' Dorcatoma flavicornis''
*Other
**'' Dorcatoma externa''
**'' Dorcatoma falli''
**'' Dorcatoma integra''
**'' Dorcatoma lanuginosa''
**'' Dorcatoma moderata''
**'' Dorcatoma pallicornis''
**'' Dorcatoma setulosa''
**'']Dorcatoma vaulogeri
''Dorcatoma'' is a genus of beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The ...
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References
Ptinidae
Bostrichiformia genera
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