Kateretidae

Kateretidae

Kateretidae

Family of beetles

Kateretidae also known as short-winged flower beetles are a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea.[1][2][3] There are 10 extant and 4 extinct genera, and at least 40 described species.[4][5][6] They are found worldwide except in New Zealand. Adults are anthophagous, feeding on flowers, while the larvae are spermatophagous inside the flower corolla.[7]

Kateretes pusillus

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Genera

  • Amartus LeConte, 1861 i c g b
  • Anamartus Jelinek, 1976 g
  • Anthonaeus Horn, 1879 i c g b
  • Boreades Parson, 1943 i c g
  • Brachyleptus Motschulsky, 1845 g
  • Brachypterolus Grouvelle, 1913 i c g b
  • Brachypterus Kugelann, 1794 i c g b
  • Heterhelus DuVal, 1858 i c g b
  • Kateretes Herbst, 1793 i c g b
  • Neobrachypterus Jelínek, 1979 i c g
  • †Cretaretes Peris and Jelínek 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
  • †Eoceniretes Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2008 g
  • †Furcalabratum Poinar and Brown, 2018, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Lebanoretes Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Kateretidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. [2]
    Family KATERETIDAE at Australian Faunal Directory
  3. [3]
    Cucujoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants
  4. [4]
    "Kateretidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  5. [5]
    "Browse Kateretidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  6. [6]
    "Kateretidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  7. [7]
    Peris, David; Jelínek, Josef (February 2020). "Syninclusions of two new species of short-winged flower beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae) in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar)". Cretaceous Research. 106: 104264. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104264. S2CID 204258472.


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