Decliniidae is a family of beetles belonging to Scirtoidea. It contains the single genus Declinia with two species, D. relicta and D. versicolor, found in the Russian Far East and Japan, respectively.[1] Little is known of their ecology, and their larvae are unknown. Specimens of D. relicta were found with pollen grains in their gut.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Scirtoidea |
| Family: | Decliniidae Nikitsky, Lawrence, Kirejtshuk & Gratshev, 1994 |
| Genus: | Declinia Nikitsky, Lawrence, Kirejtshuk & Gratshev, 1994 |
Species edit
- Declinia relicta Nikitsky, Lawrence, Kirejtshuk & Gratshev, 1994
- Declinia versicolor Sakai & Satô, 1996
References edit
- ^ Decliniidae, Declinia at the Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved on 13 April 2013.
- ^ Lawrence, John F.. "Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821: Coleoptera, Beetles". Handbook of Zoology Online, edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.
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