Global InformationCucujus clavipes information
| Cucujus clavipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cucujidae |
| Genus: | Cucujus |
| Species: | C. clavipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Cucujus clavipes Fabricius, 1781
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Cucujus clavipes is known as the flat bark beetle.[1][2] It is found throughout North America.[3] These are generally found near tree line[4] under bark[2] of dead poplar and ash trees.[5] C. clavipes are described as phloem-feeding[6] and often predators[1] of other small insects, such as wood-boring beetles, and mites.[5] These are usually seen during spring-summer seasons.[5] Having a cold habitat, these beetles must go through several physiological mechanisms to survive; they are recognised for their ability to change their overwintering mechanisms.[7]
- ^ a b Carrasco, M. A., S. A. Buechler, R. J. Arnold, T. Sformo, B. M. Barnes, and J. G. Duman. 2011. Elucidating the biochemical overwintering adaptations of larval Cucujus clavipes puniceus, a nonmodel organism, via high throughput proteomics. Journal of Proteome Research 10:4634–4646
- ^ a b Bland, R. G. and H. E., Jaques. 2010. Family Cucujidae- flat bark beetles. Page 177-183, 213. How to know the insects. Waveland Press Inc., Long Grove, Illinois, USA
- ^ Lee, J., and M. C. Thomas. 2011. Clarification of the taxonomic status of Cucujus clavipes. With descriptions of the larvae of C. c. clavipes and C. c. puniceus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae). Florida Entomologist 94:145-150
- ^ Bennett, V. A., T. Sformo, K. Walters, O. Toien, K. Jeannet, R. Hochstrasser, Q. Pan, A. S. Serianni, B. M. Barnes and J. G. Duman. 2005. Comparative overwintering physiology of Alaska and Indiana populations of the beetle Cucujus clavipes (Fabricius): roles of antifreeze proteins, polyols, dehydration and diapause. The Journal of Experimental Biology 208:4467-4477
- ^ a b c Bercha, R. 2017. Red Flat Bark Beetle. In: Insects of Alberta. <http://www.insectsofalberta.com/redflatbarkbeetle.htm> Downloaded on 27 November 28, 2017
- ^ Kennedy, A. A., and D. G. Mccullough. 2002. Phenology of the larger European pine shoot beetle Tomicus piniperda (L.) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in relation to native bark beetles and natural enemies in pine stands. Environmental Entomology 31:261-272
- ^ Duman, J. G. 1984. Change in overwintering mechanism of the cucujid beetle, Cucujus clavipes. Journal of Insect Physiology 30:235-239