Tetratomidae

Tetratomidae is a small family of beetles sometimes called polypore fungus beetles. The family consists of several genera, most of which used to be in the family Melandryidae. Tetratomidae can be found worldwide.[1]

Tetratomidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Eustrophopsis bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Tetratomidae
Billberg, 1820
Tetratoma

Their food consists of fruiting bodies of hymenomycete fungi[2]

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the family Tetratomidae:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[1]

Fossil genera

  • Allostrophus Hsiao et al. 2018 Eustrophini, Eustrophinae Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • Cretosynstrophus Cai et al. 2016 Eustrophinae Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • Pseudohallomenus Nikitsky 1977 Hallomeninae, Taimyr amber, Russia, Santonian
  • Synchrotronia Soriano and Pollock 2014 Holostrophini, Eustrophinae, Charentese amber, France, Cenomanian
  • Thescelostrophus Yu et al. 2016 Eustrophini, Eustrophinae Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

  1. "Tetratomidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. "Family Tetratomidae - Polypore Fungus Beetles - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  3. "Tetratomidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. "Browse Tetratomidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  5. "Tetratomidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.


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