Overview
Byturidae, also known as Fruitworms1] is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.[2][3] The larvae develop in fruits. Byturus unicolor affects species of Rubus and Geum, the larvae of Raspberry beetle raspberry plants.
There are two subfamilies: Platydascillinae and Byturinae. The distribution of Byturinae is holarctic. Species of Platydascillinae are found in southeast Asia.[1]
b>Byturidae, also known as Fruitworms1] is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.[2][3] The larvae develop in fruits. Byturus unicolor affects species of Rubus and Geum, the larvae of Raspberry beetle raspberry plants.There are two subfamilies: Platydascillinae and Byturinae. The distribution of Byturinae is holarctic. Species of Platydascillinae are found in southeast Asia.[1]
References
Taxonomy
The Family Byturidae is a member of the Superfamily Cucujoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Byturidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Order: Coleoptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Beetles
- Suborder: Polyphaga
Emery, 1886 - a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Infraorder: Cucujiformia
- Superfamily: Cucujoidea
- Family: Byturidae - fruitworm beetles
- Superfamily: Cucujoidea
- Infraorder: Cucujiformia
- Suborder: Polyphaga
Emery, 1886 - a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Order: Coleoptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Beetles
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Byturidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (3): Byturellus · Byturus · Xerasia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in the Family Byturidae.
Genera
Byturellus
Byturus
Xerasia
At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Xerasia.
More info about the Genus Xerasia may be found here.
References
- ^ a b Michael A. Ivie (2002). Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas. ed. American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2 of American Beetles. CRC Press. ISBN 9780849309540.
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://nomen.at/Cucujoidea
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