Dorcatominae
Subfamily of beetles
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Dorcatominae is a subfamily of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 16 genera and at least 190 described species in Dorcatominae.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Dorcatominae | |
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| Caenocara | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Ptinidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorcatominae C. G. Thomson, 1859 |
The subfamily Dorcatominae, along with Anobiinae and several others, were formerly considered members of the family Anobiidae, but the family name has since been changed to Ptinidae.[5][3][4][2]
Genera
These 16 genera belong to the subfamily Dorcatominae:
- Anitys Thomson, 1863 g
- Byrrhodes LeConte, 1878 i c g b
- Caenocara Thomson, 1859 i c g b (puffball beetles)
- Calymmaderus Solier, 1849 i c g b
- Calytheca White, 1973 i c g
- Cryptoramorphus White, 1966-01 i c g
- Dorcatoma Herbst, 1792 i c g b
- Mirosternus Sharp, 1881 i c g
- Mizodorcatoma Hayashi, 1955 g
- Petalium LeConte, 1861 i c g b
- Protheca LeConte, 1865 i c g b
- Sculptotheca Schilsky, 1900 i c g b
- Stagetus Wollaston, 1861 i c g b
- Stichtoptychus Fall, 1905 i c g b
- Striatheca White, 1973 i c g b
- † Venablesia Britton, 1960 g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[6] g = GBIF,[7] b = Bugguide.net[2]
