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Endecatomus
Sign in to saveEndecatomus is a genus of beetles, the sole member of the family Endecatomidae. There are at least four described species in Endecatomus. Endecatomidae was formerly treated as a subfamily of Ciidae or Bostrichidae. They are found in the Holarctic region. Adults and larvae feed on the fruiting bodies of bracket fungus, creating bored cavities as they do so.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyBostrichidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Endecatomidae
- Collections
- UCSB, INHS, PSUC
- Recorded in
- United States
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bostrichidae
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- Endecatomus.reticulatus.-.calwer.29.06.jpg
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Endecatomus is a genus of beetles, the sole member of the family Endecatomidae. There are at least four described species in Endecatomus. Endecatomidae was formerly treated as a subfamily of Ciidae or Bostrichidae. They are found in the Holarctic region. Adults and larvae feed on the fruiting bodies of bracket fungus, creating bored cavities as they do so.
==Species== Endecatomus dorsalis Mellié, 1848 Endecatomus lanatus (Lesne, 1934) Endecatomus reticulatus (Herbst, 1793) Endecatomus rugosus (Randall, 1838)
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