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]
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Kateretes pusillus
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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
- †Amartus petrefactus Wickham 1912 Florissant Formation
- 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
- "Kateretidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- Family KATERETIDAE at Australian Faunal Directory
- Cucujoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants
- "Kateretidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- "Browse Kateretidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- "Kateretidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- 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.
External links
Media related to Kateretidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Kateretidae at Wikispecies
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