  the cucujidae, "flat bark beetles," are a family of distinctively flat beetles found worldwide (except africa and antarctica) under the bark of dead trees. the family has received considerable taxonomic attention in recent years and now consists of 59 species distributed in four genera.c. f. lee and a. pÃ¼tz. (2008) a new species of cucujus fabricius, 1775 from china and key to the eastâpalaearctic species of the genus (coleoptera: cucujidae). entomologische zeitschrift 118 (5): 211-213.c. f. lee and m. satÃ´. (2007) a review of the genus cucujus fabricius (insecta: cucujoidea: cucujidae) from taiwan, japan, and china, with descriptions of two new species and the larvae of cucujus mniszechi grouvelle. zoological studies 46: 311-321.teresa bonacci, antonio mazzei, jakub horÃ¡kand, and pietro brandmayr. 2012. cucujus tulliae sp. n. â an endemic mediterranean saproxylic beetle from genus cucujus fabricius, 1775 (coleoptera, cucujidae), and keys for identification of adults and larvae native to europe. zookeys. 2012; (212): 63â79.john w. m. marris and adam ÅlipiÅski. 2014. a revision of the pediacus shuckard 1839 (coleoptera: cucujidae) of asia and australasia. zootaxa 3754(1): 32-58.michael c. thomas. 2004. a revision of pediacus shuckard (coleoptera: cucujidae) for america north of mexico, with notes on other species. insecta mundi 17: 157-177 (2003).j. c. watt, j. w. m. marris and j. klimazsewski. 2001. a new species of platisus (coleoptera: cucujidae) from new zealand, described from the adult and larva. journal of the royal society of new zealand, 31: 327-339. thumb|right|dorsal habitus of palaestes abruptus included genera are: cucujus fabricius, with 14 species and subspecies distributed throughout the holarctic; palaestes perty, 8 spp., neotropical; pediacus shuckard, 31 spp., mostly holarctic, but extending south into the neotropics and to australia; and platisus erichson, 5 spp. in australia and new zealand. thumb|right|dorsal habitus of platisus coloniarius. cucujidae have elongate parallel-side bodies ranging from 6 to 25&nbsp;mm in length. most are brown colored, while others are black, reddish or yellow. heads are triangular in shape, with filiform to [[moniliform antennae|monilif
Cucujoidea