Family Jacobsoniidae - Jacobson's Beetles

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

Derolathrus cavernicolus Peck (Jacobsoniidae) - Derolathrus cavernicolus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Derodontoidea (Tooth-necked Fungus Beetles)

Family Jacobsoniidae (Jacobson's Beetles)

Other Common Names

Jacobsoniid Beetles

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

used to be treated in the Elateroidea(1); moved to Derodontoidea by Lawrence et al. (2010)

Explanation of Names

Jacobsoniidae Heller 1926

Numbers

2 spp. in a single genus in our area; ~20 spp. in 3 genera worldwide(1)(2)

Range

mostly tropical islands, esp. in the so. hemisphere, as follows(1)(3):

Derolathrus FL to Brazil + so. Africa, Australia, and a number of tropical islands around the globe

Sarothrias Indian & sw. Pacific oceans

one monotypic genus in New Zealand

Print References

Lawrence J.F., R.G. Beutel, & R.A.B Leschen (2010) Chapter 5. Derodontiformia: Introduction, Phylogeny. In: Leschen R.A.B., R.G. Beutel & J.F. Lawrence (Eds), Handbook of Zoology, Coleoptera Vol. 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichformia, Cucujiformia partim). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin: 179-180.

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Ślipiński S.A., Leschen R.A.B., Lawrence J.F. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 203–208.

3.	Derolathrus cavernicolus n. sp., a beetle family new for North America (Coleoptera: Jacobsoniidae) Peck S.B. 2010. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 103: 1-6.

Contributed by tom murray on 22 January, 2008 - 5:01pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 16 January, 2015 - 12:53am

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