Pythidae

Pythidae
	Pytho depressus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Tenebrionoidea
Family:	Pythidae; Solier, 1834

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.^[1]

Genera

These genera belong to the family Pythidae^[1]

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,^[2] c = Catalogue of Life,^[3] g = GBIF,^[4] b = Bugguide.net^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Pythidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
^ "Browse Pythidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
^ "Pythidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
^ "Pythidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.

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