Mycteridae
| Mycteridae | |
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| Mycterus curculioides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845 |
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The family Mycteridae is a small group of tenebrionoid beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name palm and flower beetles. The family Mycteridae is distributed worldwide. There are about 30 genera and 160 species in three subfamilies Mycterinae, Hemipeplinae and Lacconotinae (=Eurypinae).[1] These 3 subfamilies are extremely diverse in appearance and are sometimes difficult to have a present diagnosis of the adults at the family level.[2] About 20 species are found in Australia, species of three genera are found in North America (Mycterus, Hemipeplus and Lacconotus)[3][4] The larvae are generally flattened and typically inhabit the spaces between leaves or the bases of fronds, where they appear to consume fungi.[5]
References
- S2CID 89514999.
- ^ Pollock, Darren A. "Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845".
- ISBN 0-207-15352-3.
- ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- ^ Pollock, Darren A.. "11.20. Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 693-699.
Further reading
- Pollock, Darren A. (2010). "Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845". In Leschen, Richard A. B.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Lawrence, John F. (eds.). Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter. pp. 693–699. .
- Löbl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2008). "Family Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845". Tenebrionoidea. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. pp. 412–413. ISBN 9789004260900.