Ceratocanthinae is a subfamily of the scarabaeoid beetle family Hybosoridae. It includes three tribes comprising 43 genera and 366 species; it was formerly treated as a separate family, Ceratocanthidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Hybosoridae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratocanthinae A. Martínez, 1968 |
| Type genus | |
| Ceratocanthus White, 1842
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Acanthoceridae Lacordaire, 1856 | |
DescriptionEdit
Ceratocanthinae are small sized beetles from 2.0 to 10.0 millimeters in length. Adult beetles can be found on the bark and branches of dead trees and on fungus.
DistributionEdit
Ceratocanthinae are relatively widespread. They can be found in Australian, Afrotropical, Indomalaysian, Neotropical, Nearctic, and Palaearctic regions.
EcologyEdit
The adults have been found to associate with termites and ants. Larvae live under bark and in burrows of bessbugs (Passalidae).
TaxonomyEdit
The subfamily Ceratocanthinae contains 43 genera:[1]
- Acanthocerodes Péringuey, 1901
- Afrocloetus Petrovitz, 1968
- Aneilobolus Hesse, 1948
- Anopsiostes Paulian, 1982
- Astaenomoechus Martínez & Pereira, 1959
- Aulisostes Howden & Gill, 2000
- Baloghianestes Paulian, 1968
- Besuchetostes Paulian, 1972
- Callophilharmostes Paulian, 1968
- Carinophilharmostes Paulian, 1968
- Ceratocanthoides Paulian, 1982
- Ceratocanthopsis Paulian, 1982
- Ceratocanthus White, 1842
- Chaetophilharmostes Paulian, 1977
- Cloeotus Germar, 1843
- Congomostes Paulian, 1968
- Cryptophilharmostes Ballerio, 2000
- Cryptosphaeroides Ballerio, 2009
- Cyphopisthes Gestro, 1898
- Ebbrittoniella Martínez, 1962
- Eusphaeropeltis Gestro, 1898
- Germarostes Paulian, 1982
- Glyptogermarostes Ocampo & Ballerio, 2006
- Goudotostes Paulian, 1979
- Ivieolus Howden & Gill, 1988
- Macrophilharmostes Paulian, 1978
- Madrasostes Paulian, 1975
- Martinezostes Paulian, 1982
- Melanophilharmostes Paulian, 1968
- Nesopalla Paulian & Howden, 1982
- Oxymorostes Ballerio, 2009
- Paulianostes Ballerio, 2000
- Perignamptus Harold, 1877
- Petrovitzostes Paulian, 1977
- Philharmostes Kolbe, 1895
- Pseudopterorthochaetes Paulian, 1977
- Pseudosynarmostes Ballerio, 2009
- Pterorthochaetes Gestro, 1898
- Scarabaeinus Silvestri, 1940
- Scarabatermes Howden, 1973
- Synarmostes Germar, 1843
- Trachycrusus Howden & Gill, 1995
- Xenocanthus Howden & Gill, 1988
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Ballerio, Alberto; Grebennikov, Vasily (14 June 2016). "Rolling into a ball: phylogeny of the Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae) inferred from adult morphology and origin of a unique body enrollment coaptation in terrestrial arthropods" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 74 (1): 23–52. eISSN 1864-8312. ISSN 1863-7221.
External linksEdit
- Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles HYBOSORIDAE... Ceratocanthinae Martínez, 1968