Dorcatoma
| Dorcatoma | |
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| Dorcatoma substriata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Anobiidae |
| Genus: | Dorcatoma Herbst, 1792 |
| Species | |
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Dorcatoma is a genus of beetles in the family Anobiidae.[1] They are distributed in several regions of the world, excluding tropical areas.[2] There are more than 70 species.[3]
Beetles of this genus live in dead wood, especially that which is softened and decomposed by fungi.[2]
Species include:[1]
- Subgenus Dorcatoma
- Dorcatoma dresdensis
- Dorcatoma lomnickii
- Dorcatoma palmi
- Dorcatoma punctulata
- Dorcatoma robusta
- Subgenus Pilosodorcatoma
- Dorcatoma ambjoerni
- Dorcatoma androgyna
- Dorcatoma chrysomelina
- Dorcatoma janssoni
- Dorcatoma minor
- Dorcatoma setosella
- Dorcatoma substriata
- Subgenus Sternitodorcatoma
- Other
- Dorcatoma externa
- Dorcatoma lanuginosa
- Dorcatoma vaulogeri
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- 1 2 Dorcatoma. Fauna Europaea.
- 1 2 Buche, B. & Lundberg, S. (2002). A new species of deathwatch beetle (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) discovered in Europe. Entomologica Fennica 13(2) 79-84.
- ↑ Suda, I. & Nagirnyi, V. (2002). The Dorcatoma Herbst, 1792 (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) species of Estonia. Entomologica Fennica 13(2) 116-122.
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