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Taxonomy of Family Lymexylidae Fleming, 1821
ship-timber beetle, Ship-timber beetles, Timberworm beetles


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
592
62779
813516
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
274
54416
687671
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
154
35097
374025
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Lymexyloidea
Fleming, 1921
Lymexylids, Ship-timber beetles
1
35
171
Family
Genera
Species
FamilyLymexylidae
Fleming, 1821
Ship-timber beetle, Ship-timber beetles
35
171
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Lymexylidae Fleming, 1821
SubfamilyAtractocerinae
Laporte, 1840
  ⇒ Lymexylinae
8
56
Genera
Species
SubfamilyHylecoetinae
Gistel, 1856
2
45
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLymexylinae
Fleming, 1821
1
25
Genus
Species
SubfamilyMelittommatinae
Wheeler, 1986
5
40
Genera
Species
GenusAnancites
Perkovsky, 2022
0Species
GenusArractoerus
2Species
GenusAtractoceras  ⇒ Atractocerus
0Species
GenusAtractourus
Palisot de Beauvais, 1802
0Species
GenusAtroctocerus
Laporte, 1836
  ⇒ Atractocerus
0Species
GenusAttractocerus
Gistl, 1848
  ⇒ Atractocerus
0Species
GenusCalolymus
Thunberg, 1789
  ⇒ Lymexylon
0Species
GenusFuscicornis
Taschenberg in Heyne & Taschenberg, 1908
  ⇒ Fusicornis
0Species
GenusHylecerus
Jacquelin du Val, 1860
0Species
GenusHylecoetopsis
Lane, 1955
0Species
GenusHylicetus
Berthold in Latreille, 1827
  ⇒ Hylecoetus
0Species
GenusHyloceotus
Melsheimer, 1853
0Species
GenusHyloecotus
Lacordaire, 1857
0Species
GenusLeptonetron
Lawrence, 2020
1Species
GenusLymexylum
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Lymexylon
0Species
GenusMelittoma  ⇒ Melittomma
0Species
GenusNeohylecoetus
Kurosawa, 1956
  ⇒ Melittomma
2Species
GenusPromelittomma
0Species
GenusXylecoethus
Gyllenhal, 1827
0Species

Synonyms
Atractoceridae (Laporte, 1840)
Diversipalpes (Mulsant & Rey, 1863)
Lymexylonidae (M. J. Thomson, 1858)
Terediles (Boheman, 1851)
Teredyles (Lacordaire, 1830)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Lymexylidae
GermanWerftkäfer
EnglishShip-timber beetle, Ship-timber beetles, Timberworm beetles
DanishVærftbiller
SwedishVarvsflugor
FinnishPuupiirtäjät
NorwegianVerftsbiller


Distribution and Species lists of Lymexylidae Fleming, 1821
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Australia
5 Genera  12 Species
Austria
3 Genera  3 Species
Belarus
2 Genera  2 Species
Belgium
3 Genera  3 Species
Bolivia
1 Genus  1 Species
Brazil
4 Genera  13 Species
Cameroon
2 Genera  4 Species
Canada
3 Genera  3 Species
Cape Verde
1 Genus  1 Species
Chile
1 Genus  1 Species
China
2 Genera  4 Species
Colombia
2 Genera  2 Species
Costa Rica
1 Genus  1 Species
Czech Republic
2 Genera  3 Species
Denmark
3 Genera  3 Species
Dominican Republic
1 Genus  1 Species
Ecuador
2 Genera  1 Species
Estonia
3 Genera  5 Species
Finland
3 Genera  5 Species
France
3 Genera  4 Species
Germany
3 Genera  5 Species
Greece
2 Genera  2 Species
Guatemala
2 Genera  2 Species
India
7 Genera  12 Species
Indonesia
5 Genera  12 Species
Ireland
2 Genera  2 Species
Italy
3 Genera  3 Species
Ivory Coast
1 Genus  1 Species
Japan
5 Genera  10 Species
Latvia
3 Genera  4 Species
Lithuania
2 Genera  2 Species
Luxembourg
3 Genera  3 Species
Madagascar
3 Genera  4 Species
Malaysia
2 Genera  2 Species
Mexico
2 Genera  2 Species
Mozambique
1 Genus  1 Species
Myanmar
2 Genera  2 Species
Namibia
1 Genus  2 Species
Netherlands
4 Genera  4 Species
Nicaragua
1 Genus  1 Species
Norway
3 Genera  5 Species
Panama
2 Genera  3 Species
Paraguay
1 Genus  1 Species
Peru
2 Genera  1 Species
Philippines
5 Genera  8 Species
Poland
3 Genera  4 Species
Portugal
1 Genus  1 Species
Republic South Africa
1 Genus  1 Species
Romania
1 Genus  1 Species
Russia
5 Genera  6 Species
Senegal
2 Genera  2 Species
Serbia
1 Genus  1 Species
Seychelles
1 Genus  1 Species
Slovakia
3 Genera  3 Species
Spain
1 Genus  1 Species
Sri Lanka
3 Genera  3 Species
Suriname
2 Genera  2 Species
Sweden
3 Genera  4 Species
Taiwan
8 Genera  14 Species
Tanzania
2 Genera  1 Species
Thailand
1 Genus  1 Species
Uganda
1 Genus  0 Species
United Kingdom
4 Genera  4 Species
USA
4 Genera  7 Species
Vietnam
2 Genera  2 Species
Zambia
2 Genera  1 Species
Zimbabwe
1 Genus  1 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Links, sources and further information
Lymexylidae at artfakta.se
Lymexylidae at dyntaxa.se
Lymexylidae at gbif.org
Lymexylidae at irmng.org
Lymexylidae at itis.gov