Family Kateretidae - Short-winged Flower Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Works Cited

B. urticae vs. B. troglodytes? - Brachypterus

Seed beetles(?) on nettles - Brachypterus urticae

Kateretidae - Brachypterolus pulicarius - Toadflax Flower-eating Beetle? - Brachypterolus pulicarius

Nitidulidae, ventral - Brachypterus urticae

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cucujoidea

No Taxon (Nitidulid series)

Family Kateretidae (Short-winged Flower Beetles)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Used to be treated as part of the Nitidulidae

The name Kateretidae has been conserved over Brachypteridae

=Brachypteridae, Cateretidae

Explanation of Names

Kateretidae Kirby 1837

Numbers

13 spp. in 6 genera in our area, ca. 100 spp. in 14 genera worldwide(1)

Range

much of NA (poorly represented in the southeast)(2); for the Midwest, see(3)

Habitat

adults found on flowers

Food

larvae develop in seed capsules of various plants, adults feed on pollen and flower petals(2)

Print References

Cline A. (2006) Commentary on priority of the family group name Kateretidae Erichson (Cucujoidea). Coleopterists Bulletin 60(3): 271-272.

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the New World short-winged flower beetles (Col.:Kateretidae). Part I. Generic review and revision of Anthonaeus Horn Cline A.R., Audisio P. 2010. Col. Bull. 64: 173–186.

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

3.	An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae) Price M.B., Young D.K. 2006. Insecta Mundi 20: 69‒84.

Contributed by Cotinis on 1 April, 2005 - 7:42am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Jeff Gruber, v belov
Last updated 5 January, 2015 - 12:22am

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