Vrilletta decorata

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Vrilletta decorata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Bostrichoidea
Family: Ptinidae
Subfamily: Xyletininae
Tribe: Xyletinini
Genus: Vrilletta
Species:V. decorata
Binomial name
Vrilletta decorata
Van Dyke, 1918

Vrilletta decorata is a species of beetle in the family Ptinidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Beetle order of insects

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently. The largest of all families, the Curculionidae (weevils) with some 70,000 member species, belongs to this order. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops.

Ptinidae family of insects

Ptinidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Bostrichoidea. There are at least 220 genera and 2,200 described species in Ptinidae worldwide. The family includes spider beetles and deathwatch beetles.

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References

  1. "Vrilletta decorata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  2. "Vrilletta decorata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  3. "Vrilletta decorata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  4. Zahradník, Petr; Háva, Jiří (2014). "Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea". Zootaxa. 3754 (4): 301–52. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1 Lock-green.svg. PMID   24869695.

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