Tarsostenus is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. It includes the cosmopolitan species T. univittatus.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cleridae |
| Subfamily: | Tarsosteninae |
| Genus: | Tarsostenus Spinola, 1844 |
Description
editTarsostenus 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.[3]
Several species within the genus have a transverse white band halfway along the elytra.[4]
Ecology
editBased 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[5]) and anobiines.[6] 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.[5]
Tarsostenus hilaris has been collected from Eucalyptus "laden with various species of cerambycids".[4]
The holotype of T. kanak was collected by beating unspecified vegetation in a rainforest.[4]
Species
editListed below are the species of Tarsostenus, along with their distributions:[4]
- 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
References
edit- ^ "Tarsostenus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Tarsostenus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d 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) - ^ a b Leavengood, J. M. (2008). The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida. University of Florida. pp. 142–145. OCLC 430115404.
- ^ "Species Tarsostenus univittatus". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
Further reading
edit- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links
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