PLATYPODIDAE Shuckard, 1840
(hole borers)

PLATYPODIDAE (hole borers) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PLATYPODIDAE (hole borers) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Species 5 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPLATYPODIDAE (hole borers)
SuperfamilyCURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PLATYPODIDAE (hole borers)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Balachowsky, A. 1949 Coléoptères Scolytides Faune de France, Faune No 50, 320pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Duffy, E.A.J. 1953 Coleoptera: Scolytidae and Platypodidae Handbooks for the identification of British insects, Vol 5, Part 15, 20pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) 1981 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 10 (Bruchidae, Anthribidae, Scolytidae, Platypodidae & Curculionidae) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 10, 295pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Pfeffer, A. 1995 Zentral- und westpaläarktische Borken- und Kernkäfer (Coleoptera: Scolytidae, Platypodidae) 310pp, Pro Entomologia
  • Larvae

  • van Emden, F.I. 1943 Larvae of British Beetles IV: Various small families EMM 79: 263 EMM 78-9: 209-223.

    PLATYPODIDAE (hole borers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to PLATYPODIDAE (hole borers):

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