Baeocrara

Baeocrara is a genus of featherwing beetles named because of the intricate structure of their flight wings, which have a long fringe of hairs on their borders. They belong to the Ptiliidae family, and are minute: between 1 and 0.5 mm. They are mostly found in hollow fir stumps and other types of rotten wood, dung and plant detritus. They feed on fungal spores.^[1] They seem to be recent immigrants to Northern Europe possibly introduced by the import of sawmill products.^[2] They have been reported in the Czech Republic.^[3] They are one of the least known groups in the Coleoptera.^[4]

Baeocrara
Baeocrara variolosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Ptiliidae
Genus:	Baeocrara Thomson, 1859

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Baeocrara:^[5]

• Baeocrara andrewesi Johnson, 1986
• Baeocrara japonica (Matthews, 1884)
• Baeocrara minima Darby, 2019
• Baeocrara parvula Johnson, 1986
• Baeocrara silbermanni (Wencker, 1866)
• Baeocrara tshiaberimuensis Johnson, 1986
• Baeocrara vaga Johnson, 1986
• Baeocrara variolosa (Mulsant & Rey, 1861)