First records of the Sharp, 1899 and Sharp, 1899 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) from South America, with a checklist of flat bark beetles from the continent.

Background: The flat bark beetles (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) is a small insect family with only about 70 species. Most of the species are distributed in Holarctic, Oriental and/or Australasian realms, while in South America, only six species have been recorded, including a single one known from Peru.

New Information: Two cucujid beetle species, Sharp, 1899 and Sharp, 1899, are recorded from South America for the first time.

A revision of the Pediacus Shuckard 1839 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) of Asia and Australasia.

The Pediacus Shuckard fauna of Asia and Australasia is revised. Eighteen species are recorded, described and illustrated from the regions and a key to species is provided. Nine new species are described: Pediacus australis sp.