Baeocrara
Genus of beetles
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Baeocrara is a genus of featherwing beetles named because of the intricate structure of their flight wings, which have a long fringe of hairs on their borders. They belong to the Ptiliidae family, and are minute: between 1 and 0.5 mm. They are mostly found in hollow fir stumps and other types of rotten wood, dung and plant detritus. They feed on fungal spores.[1] They seem to be recent immigrants to Northern Europe possibly introduced by the import of sawmill products.[2] They have been reported in the Czech Republic.[3] They are one of the least known groups in the Coleoptera.[4]
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| Baeocrara | |
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| Baeocrara variolosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Ptiliidae |
| Genus: | Baeocrara Thomson, 1859 |
Species
These eight species belong to the genus Baeocrara:[5]
- Baeocrara andrewesi Johnson, 1986
- Baeocrara japonica (Matthews, 1884)
- Baeocrara minima Darby, 2019
- Baeocrara parvula Johnson, 1986
- Baeocrara silbermanni (Wencker, 1866)
- Baeocrara tshiaberimuensis Johnson, 1986
- Baeocrara vaga Johnson, 1986
- Baeocrara variolosa (Mulsant & Rey, 1861)
