Byturidae, also known as fruitworms, are small family of cleroid beetles with over 15 described species, primarily distributed in the

Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...

and Southeast Asia. The larvae of at least some genera feed on fruit, such as '' Byturus,'' a notable commercial pest of ''

Rubus ''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, most commonly known as brambles. Fruits of various species are known as raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, and bristleberries. ...

'' (blackberries and raspberries) consuming both the fruit and seeds, while others like '' Xerasia'' are associated with

catkin A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster (a spike), with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind- pollinated ( anemophilous) but sometimes insect-pollinated (as in '' Salix''). It contains many, usually unisexual flowers, arra ...

s. The adults are known to feed on developing leaves, flowers and pollen. There are two subfamilies: Platydascillinae and Byturinae. The distribution of Byturinae is Holarctic. Species of Platydascillinae are found in Southeast Asia.

Classification

Subfamilies and genera are as below:C.A. Springer & M.A. Goodrich (1994) A Revision of the Subfamily Platydascillinae (Coleoptera: Byturidae) from Southeast Asia, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Three New Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 60-78 *Subfamily Byturinae **Genus '' Haematoides'' ***'' Haematoides davidis'' Fairmaire, 1878 (= ''Byturodes grahami'')Ivie, Michael A. “The Familial Placement of the Genus ''Haematoides'' Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Dascillidae, Byturidae).” The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 55, no. 3, 2001, pp. 338–40. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4009636. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023. **Genus '' Byturus'' ***'' Byturus affinis'' Reitter, 1874 ***'' Byturus ochraceus'' (Scriba, 1791) ***'' Byturus tomentosus'' (De Geer, 1774) ***'' Byturus unicolor'' Say, 1823 ***'' Byturus wittmeri'' Sen Gupta **Genus '' Xerasia'' ***'' Xerasia grisescens'' (Jayne, 1882) ***'' Xerasia meschniggi'' (Reitter, 1905) ***'' Xerasia punica'' Goodrich & Springer, 1988 ***'' Xerasia variegata'' Lewis, 1895 *Subfamily Platydascillinae **Genus '' Bispinatus'' ***'' Bispinatus capillatus'' Springer & Goodrich, 1995 ***'' Bispinatus vietnamensis'' Springer & Goodrich, 1994 **Genus '' Dascillocyphon'' ***'' Dascillocyphon minor'' Everts, 1909 **Genus '' Platydascillus'' ***'' Platydascillus sumatranus'' Everts, 1909 **Genus '' Remigera'' ***'' Remigera securiformis'' Springer & Goodrich, 1994 ***'' Remigera spatulata'' Springer & Goodrich, 1994

References

Cleroidea Polyphaga families {{Cleroidea-stub