Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Includes Brachypteridae [386 ICZN (1999). Opinion 1916. BRACHYPTERINAE Zwick, 1973 (Insecta, Plecoptera): spelling to BRACHYPTERAINAE, so removing the homonymy with BRACHYPTERINAE Erichson, (1845) (Insecta, Coleoptera); KATERETIDAE Erichson in Agassiz (1846): given precedence over BRACHYPTERINAE Erichson. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56, 82–86.]
Cline, A. 2006. Commentary on priority of the family group name Kateretidae Erichson (Cucujoidea). Coleopterists Bulletin, 60(3):271-272.
Remarks
In the past, this group was typically part of the Nitidulidae. The following status follows American Beetles
(1).
Includes one introduced species of the genus
Brachypterolus;
B. pulicarius. It was inadvertently introduced from Eurasia to North America and reduces seed numbers in both toadflax species. In North America this beetle is abundant on yellow toadflax and less so on Dalmatian toadflax. Disperses without assistance.
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American Beetles, Vol. 2, Chapter 76
(1) - as Brachypteridae
