Cucujidae
Pediacus depressus
The beetle ( Cucujidae ) represent a family of beetles, which can be found worldwide.
Features
The beetles are 6 to 25 millimeters long and are bright red, yellow or even black in color. You have an abdomen, extend the sides mostly parallel. The head is slightly triangular, with straight, 11- membered sensors and large mandibles. The pronotum is narrower than the head.
Way of life
Both the beetles and the larvae live under the bark of trees.
System
The Cucujidae family included earlier the subfamilies Laemophloeinae, Silvanainae and Passandrinae, these represent but now own families while Europe contributed six species occur in two genera:
Genus Cucujus
- Cucujus cinnaberinus ( Scopoli, 1763)
- Cucujus haematodes Erichson, 1845
Genus Pediacus
- Rust brown beetle Pediacus depressus (Fall, 1797)
- Pediacus dermestoides (Fabricius, 1792)
- Pediacus fuscus Erichson, 1845
- Pediacus tabellatus Wollaston, 1864