Colydiinae

Cylindrical bark beetles
Cicones variegatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Zopheridae
Subfamily: Colydiinae
Tribes

Adimerini
Colydiini
Gempylodini
Nematidiini
Rhagoderini
Rhopalocerini
Synchitini

Colydiinae is a subfamily of beetles, commonly known as cylindrical bark beetles. They have been treated historically as a family, but have recently been moved into the Zopheridae[1] , where they constitute the bulk of the diversity of the new composite family, with about 140 genera worldwide.[2] There is not much known about the biology of these beetles. Most feed on fungi, others are carnivores and feed on arthropods[3].

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References

  1. ^ Ślipiński, S.A.; Lawrence, J.F. 1999: Phylogeny and classification of Zopheridae sensu novo (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with a review of the genera of Zopheridae (excluding Monommatini). Annales zoologici, 49: 1–53. Abstract
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ Hawkeswood, Trevor (1987). Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, New South Wales: Angus and Robertson. pp. 38–39. ISBN 0-207-15352-3.