Kateretidae

Kateretidae is a family of short-winged flower beetles in the suborder Polyphaga.[1][2][3] There are about 11 genera and at least 40 described species in Kateretidae.[4][5][6] They are found worldwide except in New Zealand. Adults are anthophagous, feeding on flowers, while the larvae are spermatophagous inside the flower corolla.[7]

Kateretes pusillus

Kateretidae
Temporal range: Barremian–Recent
Kateretes pedicularius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Kateretidae
Erichson in Agassiz, 1846
Synonyms

Brachypteridae Erichson, 1845

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the family Kateretidae:

  • Amartus LeConte, 1861 i c g b
  • Anamartus Jelinek, 1976 g
  • Anthonaeus Horn, 1879 i c g b
  • Boreades Parson, 1943 i c g
  • Brachyleptus Motschulsky, 1845 g
  • Brachypterolus Grouvelle, 1913 i c g b
  • Brachypterus Kugelann, 1794 i c g b
  • Heterhelus DuVal, 1858 i c g b
    • †Heterhelus expressus Kirejtshuk and Nel, 2008 Oise amber, France, Ypresian
  • Kateretes Herbst, 1793 i c g b
  • Neobrachypterus Jelínek, 1979 i c g
  • †Cretaretes Peris and Jelínek 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Eoceniretes Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2008 g
    • Eoceniretes yantaricus Kirejtshuk and Nel, 2008 Oise amber, France, Ypresian
    • Eoceniretes antiquus Peris and Jelínek 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Furcalabratum Poinar and Brown, 2018, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Lebanoretes Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008 Lebanese amber, Barremian

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[1]

References
  1. "Kateretidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. Family KATERETIDAE at Australian Faunal Directory
  3. Cucujoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants
  4. "Kateretidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  5. "Browse Kateretidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  6. "Kateretidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  7. Peris, David; Jelínek, Josef (February 2020). "Syninclusions of two new species of short-winged flower beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae) in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar)". Cretaceous Research. 106: 104264. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104264.


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