Dorcatominae

Dorcatominae
	Caenocara
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Ptinidae
Subfamily:	Dorcatominae; C. G. Thomson, 1859

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]

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Dorcatominae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dorcatominae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
^ ^a ^b Bell, Karen Leanne; Philips, T. Keith (2011). "Molecular systematics and evolution of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) and related families" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165. Linnean Society of London: 88–108. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00792.x.
^ ^a ^b Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-67-5. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
^ ^a ^b Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-08-29.
^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-08-29.