Pythidae

The family Pythidae is a small group of tenebrionoid beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name dead log bark beetles. There are seven genera, which are largely native to the mid-high latitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere and Australia, with one genus also present in the tropical Americas. The larvae are generally found with decaying vegetation and wood on which they feed, while adults are not associated with the larvae and are generally caught using malaise traps and light traps.Pollock, Darren A.. "11.23. Pythidae Solier, 1834". ''Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim)'', edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 708-715.

Genera

These genera belong to the family Pythidae
* '' Anaplopus'' Blackburn, 1890 Australia
* '' Ischyomius'' Chevrolat, 1878 ^g Central America and Northern South America
* '' Osphyoplesius'' Winkler, 1915 ^g Palearctic
* '' Priognathus'' LeConte, 1850 ^{i c g b} North America
* '' Pytho'' Latreille, 1796 ^{i c g b} Holarctic
* '' Sphalma'' Horn, 1872 ^{i c g b} Western North America
* '' Trimitomerus'' Horn, 1888 ^{i c g b} North America
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

*Gustafsson, B. Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae (2004), Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm.

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External links

Pythidae
at Fauna Europaea

Tenebrionoidea
Beetle families

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