Cedar Creek
Ecosystem Science Reserve
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Insects of Cedar Creek
Order COLEOPTERA
Family CUCUJIDAE
(Flat Bark Beetles)
Species of Flat Bark Beetles (85 NA spp) collected at CCESR include the
large red
Cucujus clavipes,
Telephanus
velox,
Ahasverus advena,
Silvanusspp
incl.
bidentatus, and
Laemophloeus2+
species. Unlike most other families in this set of fungal feeders, species
in this family are considered predaceous on mites and other tiny insects
under bark. Several more species are likely present given that additional
genera of
Oryzaephilus, Pediacus, Silvanophloeus, Cryptolestes, Dendrophagus,
Brontes, Catogenus are present in U/MN Collection with Minnesota locality
labels.