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Pediacus

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Description

Pediacus is the largest genus in the family Cucujidae. It contains 31 currently recognized species. Pediacus adults are relatively small (2.7-7.0mm), flattened brownish beetles with no or very small temples, and short antennae with a distinct club. Male genitalia are inverted and possess a short flagellum.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediacus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1043764	https://www.gbif.org/species/1043764
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	228713	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=228713

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Cucujidae : Pediacus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
superfamily	Cucujoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Cucujidae	Latreille 1802
genus	Pediacus	Shuckard 1839

Scientific Name

Pediacus Shuckard, 1839

Name Published In

Shuckard, W. E. 1839. Elements of British entomology. Bailliere, London. Vol. 1.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pediacus	genus	belongs to Cucujidae	stated with evidence	Scudder, 1900

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (67%)

First Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. F. Wickham. 1914. New Miocene Coleoptera from Florissant. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 53:423-494

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediacus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pediacus andrewsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus ater species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus australis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus bhutanicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus carinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus confertus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus depressus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus dermestoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus elongatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus fujianensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus fuscus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Pediacus gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus hesperoglaber species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus japonicoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus japonicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus kurosawai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus leei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus major species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus mexicanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus montivagus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus ommatodon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus pendleburyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus periclitans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Pediacus rufipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus similis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus sinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus smirnovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus stephani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus subglaber species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus tabellatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus taiwanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pediacus thomasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1839	Pediacus Shuckard
1900	Pediacus Scudder p. 82
1914	Pediacus Wickham p. 431
2016	Pediacus Webster

References

Wickham H. F. (1914) New Miocene Coleoptera from Florissant, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 53, 423-494

Scudder S. H. Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America, Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 40, 1-148

Webster R. P. (2016) Checklist of the Coleoptera of New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 573, 387-512

Thomas MC (2004) A revision of Pediacus Shuckard (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) for America north of Mexico, with notes on other species. Insecta Mundi 17 [2003]: 157-177. - via Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition.

Thomas, Michael C., 2003: A revision of Pediacus Shuckard (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) for America north of Mexico, with notes on other species. Insecta Mundi, vol. 17, no. 3-4. 157-177. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gustafsson, B. (Col.) (2004) Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae. Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Excelfil hämtad från http://www.nrm.se/en/catalogus.html.se. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Thomas, Michael C., 1993: The Flat Bark Beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Silvanidae, Passandridae, Laemophloeidae). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, vol. 15. vii + 93. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Elem. Brit. Ent., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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