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Genus of beetles

Tarsostenus
Tarsostenus univittatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cleridae
Subfamily: Tarsosteninae
Genus: Tarsostenus
Spinola, 1844

Tarsostenus is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. It includes the cosmopolitan species T. univittatus.

Description

Tarsostenus are oblong beetles 3.5–8.0 mm long and 1.0–2.0 mm wide. They can be recognised by a distinctly oblong pronotum with glabrous streaks on the disc and without lateral tubercles, the elytral disc with 10 rows of punctations, and the unguis lacking a denticle.

Several species within the genus have a transverse white band halfway along the elytra.

Ecology

Based on those species whose ecology is known, Tarsostenus are predators on wood-boring beetles.

For example, T. univittatus preys on bostrichids (Lyctus, Sinoxylon, Xylobiops and Trogoxylon) and anobiines. It has been found in borer-infested lumber and wooden furniture from a range of different trees: ash, hickory, persimmon, white oak, Vahellia tortilis (=Acacia tortilis) Hayne raddiana, pecan, Cercis siliquastrum, Corymbia maculata (=Eucalyptus maculata), Ficus retusa, Schinus terebinthifolius and Triplochiton sclerodendron.

Tarsostenus hilaris has been collected from Eucalyptus "laden with various species of cerambycids".

The holotype of T. kanak was collected by beating unspecified vegetation in a rainforest.

Species

Listed below are the species of Tarsostenus, along with their distributions:

  • Tarsostenus antehelvis Optiz, 2016 - Papua New Guinea
  • Tarsostenus bicolor Optiz, 2016 - New Caledonia
  • Tarsostenus hilaris (Westwood, 1849) - Australia
  • Tarsostenus kanak Optiz, 2016 - New Caledonia
  • Tarsostenus tricolor (Heller, 1916) - New Caledonia
  • Tarsostenus univittatus Rossi, 1972 - Cosmopolitan
Tarsostenus univittatus

References

  1. "Tarsostenus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Tarsostenus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Opitz, Weston (2012). "Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleridae)—Part I: Generic Composition of the Subfamily and Key and Phylogeny of Genera". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2012: 1–35. doi:10.1155/2012/752402. ISSN 0033-2615.
  4. ^ Opitz, Weston; G, Paratillus; B, Tarsostenodes (2016-07-30). "Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IV. Taxonomy of the Tarsostenodes complex of Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Tasmania". doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5417172. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Leavengood, J. M. (2008). The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida. University of Florida. pp. 142–145. OCLC 430115404.
  6. "Species Tarsostenus univittatus". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2022-10-17.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.

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