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Boridae
Boros unicolor
Boros schneideri larva
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Tenebrionoidea
Family:	Boridae C. G. Thomson, 1859
Genera
See text.

The Boridae are a small family of tenebrionoid beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name conifer bark beetles. The family contains three genera. Boros is native to North America and northern Eurasia, Lecontia is endemic to North America, while Synercticus is found in Australia and New Guinea. The larvae of Boros are found under bark and are especially associated with standing dead trees (snags), typically pines, found in old-growth forests. Lecontia larvae are found inhabiting damp parts of the root system of dead standing trees. Little is known of the life habits of Synercticus.

Taxonomy

• Genus Boros Herbst, 1797
  • Boros schneideri (Panzer, 1795)
  • Boros unicolor Say, 1827
• Genus Lecontia Champion, 1889
  • Lecontia discicollis LeConte, 1850
• Genus Synercticus Newman, 1842
  • Synercticus heteromerus Newman, 1842

References

1. Blažytė-Čereškienė, Laima; Karalius, Vidmantas (2012). "Habitat requirements of the endangered beetle Boros schneideri (Panzer, 1796) (Coleoptera: Boridae)". Insect Conservation and Diversity. 5 (3): 186–191. doi:10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00149.x.
2. Pollock, Darren A.. "11.21. Boridae C. G.Thomson, 1859". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 699-704.

External links

• Boridae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 Jul 2011.

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