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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Derodontoidea » Tooth-necked Fungus Beetles (Derodontidae)

Family Derodontidae - Tooth-necked Fungus Beetles

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Beetle - Derodontus esotericus Beetle on mushroom - Derodontus trisignatus Peltastica tuberculata beetle - Derodontus esotericus Tooth-necked Fungus Beetle - Laricobius nigrinus Derodontus - Derodontus esotericus Derodontoidea - Derodontidae - Laricobius - Laricobius nigrinus Laricobius erichsoni - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Derodontoidea
Family Derodontidae (Tooth-necked Fungus Beetles)
Pronunciation
reviewed in(1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Laricobiidae, Peltasticidae
Explanation of Names
Derodontidae LeConte 1861
Numbers
9 spp. in 3 genera in our area(2), 37 spp. in 4 genera worldwide(3)
Identification
Head with paired ocelli. Anterior edge of scutellum abruptly and sharply elevated above mesoscutum; metepisternum reaching mesocoxal cavity and contacting first ventrite to separate metacoxa from elytral edge.
Range
Holarctic (3 genera) and south temperate (one genus: Australia, NZ, Chile)(2)
Works Cited
1.Review of the Derodontidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) with new species from North America and Chile
John F. Lawrence and T. F. Hlavac. 1979. The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 4.
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.A world catalogue of the family Derodontidae (Coleoptera)
J. Háva. 2006. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 75: 29-38.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 27 February, 2006 - 5:20am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 29 September, 2021 - 3:28am

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