Byturidae
Byturidae, also known as Fruitworms, is a very small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga, comprising fewer than 20 species worldwide. The larvae of some species develop in fruits. Byturus unicolor affects species of Rubus and Geum.
There are two subfamilies: Platydascillinae and Byturinae. The distribution of Byturinae is holarctic. Species of Platydascillinae are found in southeast Asia.Classification
Subfamilies and genera are as below:
- Subfamily Byturinae
- *Genus Byturodes
- **Byturodes grahami Barber, 1942
- *Genus Byturus
- **Byturus affinis Reitter, 1874
- **Byturus ochraceus
- **Byturus tomentosus
- **Byturus unicolor Say, 1823
- **Byturus wittmeri Sen Gupta
- *Genus Xerasia
- **Xerasia grisescens
- **Xerasia meschniggi
- **Xerasia punica Goodrich & Springer
- **Xerasia variegata Lewis, 1895
- Subfamily Platydascillinae
- *Genus Bispinatus
- **Bispinatus capillatus Springer & Goodrich, 1995
- **Bispinatus vietnamensis Springer & Goodrich, 1994
- *Genus Dascillocyphon
- **Dascillocyphon minor Everts, 1909
- *Genus Platydascillus
- **Platydascillus sumatranus Everts, 1909
- *Genus Remigera
- **Remigera securiformis Springer & Goodrich, 1994
- **Remigera spatulata Springer & Goodrich, 1994
