Boridae

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Boridae
Boros schneideri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Boridae
C. G. Thomson, 1859
Genera

See text.

The family Boridae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name conifer bark beetles.

Taxonomy

  • Genus Boros Herbst, 1797
    • Boros schneideri (Panzer, 1795)
    • Boros unicolor Say, 1827
  • Genus Lecontia Champion, 1889
    • Lecontia discicollis LeConte, 1850
  • Genus Synercticus Newman, 1842
    • Synercticus heteromerus Newman, 1842

References

  • Boridae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 Jul 2011.
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