Dorcatoma

Dorcatoma
	Dorcatoma chrysomelina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Ptinidae
Tribe:	Dorcatomini
Genus:	Dorcatoma; Herbst, 1792

Dorcatoma is a genus of beetles in the family Ptinidae.^[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
- Dorcatoma flavicornis
Other
- Dorcatoma externa
- Dorcatoma falli
- Dorcatoma integra
- Dorcatoma lanuginosa
- Dorcatoma moderata
- Dorcatoma pallicornis
- Dorcatoma setulosa
- Dorcatoma vaulogeri

References

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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[fe-1] 1 2 Dorcatoma. Fauna Europaea.

[buche-2] 1 2 Buche, B. & Lundberg, S. (2002). A new species of deathwatch beetle (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) discovered in Europe. Entomologica Fennica 13(2) 79-84.

[3] Suda, I. & Nagirnyi, V. (2002). The Dorcatoma Herbst, 1792 (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) species of Estonia. Entomologica Fennica 13(2) 116-122.

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