| Aulonium | |
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| Aulonium trisulcum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Zopheridae |
| Subfamily: | Colydiinae |
| Tribe: | Colydiini |
| Genus: | Aulonium Erichson, 1845 |
Aulonium is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae.
John Lawrence LeConte was an American entomologist of the 19th century, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime, including some 5,000 species of beetles. He was recognized as the foremost authority on North American beetles during his lifetime, and has been described as "the father of American beetle study".
The Zopheridae family of beetles has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these former families are the Monommatidae and the Colydiidae, which are now both included in the Zopheridae as subfamilies or even as tribe of subfamily Zopherinae. Some authors accept up to six subfamilies here, while others merge all except the Colydiinae into the Zopherinae.
Colydiinae is a subfamily of beetles, commonly known as cylindrical bark beetles. They have been treated historically as a family Colydiidae, but have been moved into the Zopheridae, where they constitute the bulk of the diversity of the newly expanded family, with about 140 genera worldwide. They are diverse for example in the Australian region, from where about 35 genera are known; in Europe, though, only 20 genera are found and many of these only with few species.
Corticaria is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Latridiidae is a family of tiny, little-known beetles commonly called minute brown scavenger beetles or fungus beetle. The number of described species currently stands at around 1050 in 29 genera but the number of species is undoubtedly much higher than this and increases each time a new estimate is made.
Latridiinae is a subfamily of tiny, little-known beetles in the family Latridiidae.
Pterostichinae is a subfamily of ground beetles. It belongs to the advanced harpaline assemblage, and if these are circumscribed sensu lato as a single subfamily, Pterostichinae are downranked to a tribe Pterostichini. However, as the former Pterostichitae supertribe of the Harpalinae as loosely circumscribed does seem to constitute a lineage rather distinct from Harpalus, its core group is here considered to be the present subfamily and the Harpalinae are defined more narrowly.
Scaritinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
Enicmus is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, the minute brown scavenger beetles.
Corticarina is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Melanophthalma is a genus of beetles in the family Latridiidae, containing the following species:
Uleiota is a genus of beetles in the family Silvanidae, containing the following species:
Cercyon is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Cercyon.
Paha is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are at least two described species in Paha.
Callisthenes is a genus of black searcher beetle in the family of beetles known as Carabidae. There are at least 50 described species in Callisthenes.
Synchitini is a tribe of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are about 19 genera and at least 40 described species in Synchitini.
Pycnomerus is a genus of ironclad beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are more than 20 described species in Pycnomerus.
Monoedus is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are about eight described species in Monoedus.
Holoparamecus is a genus of handsome fungus beetles in the family Endomychidae. There are about 17 described species in Holoparamecus.
Nematidium is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are at least three described species in Nematidium.
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