Monotomidae
Temporal range:
adult Monotoma longicollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Monotomidae
Laporte, 1840
Genera

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Monotomidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea. The family is found worldwide, with approximately 240 species in 33 genera. The ecological habits of the family are diverse, with different members of the group being found under tree bark, in decaying vegetation, on flowers and in ant nests. Their ecology is obscure, while at least some species are mycophagous, feeding on the fruiting bodies of ascomycete fungi, Rhyzophagus are predators on bark beetles (includings, eggs, larvae and young adults) and possibly Phoridae larvae, with the larvae of some species also being mycophagous.[1]

Taxonomy

Monotomidae contains the following genera:[2]

Fossil genera

  • †Jurorhizophagus Cai et al. 2015 Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
  • †Cretakarenni Peris and Delclòs 2015 Spanish amber, Escucha Formation, Early Cretaceous (Albian), Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
  • †Cretolenax Liu et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Rhizobactron Kirejtshuk 2013 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
  • †Rhizophtoma Kirejtshuk and Azar 2009 Lebanese amber, Barremian, Alava amber, Escucha Formation, Spain, Albian

References

  1. ↑ Bousquet, Yves (2010-12-31), Kükenthal, Willy; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Lawrence, John F. (eds.), "10.8. Monotomidae Laporte, 1840", Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), DE GRUYTER, pp. 319–324, doi:10.1515/9783110911213.319, ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5, retrieved 2022-10-02
  2. ↑ Monotomidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.


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