Discolomatidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea.[1] It contains approximately 400 species in 16 genera, which are found mostly found in tropical regions, being largely absent from temperate regions. They have generally been found associated with decaying vegetation or fungi, and are therefore assumed to be fungivorous. Some species are associated with ants (myrmecophily). The larvae have unusual flattened sclerotised bodies, with heads that are concealed from above.[2]
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| An adult Notiophygus | |
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| Discolomatid larva | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Coccinelloidea |
| Family: | Discolomatidae Horn, 1878 |
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Discolomidae | |
Taxonomy
edit- Aphanocephalus (149)
- Cassidoloma (13)
- Cephalophanus (7)
- Discoloma (28)
- Dystheamon (1)
- Fallia (7)
- Holophygus (3)
- Katoporus (3)
- Notiophygus Gory, 1834 (205)
- Parafallia (7)
- Parmaschema (18)
- Pondonatus (2)
- Profallia (4)
- Solitarius (1)
References
edit- ^ Cai, Chenyang; Tihelka, Erik; Giacomelli, Mattia; Lawrence, John F.; Ślipiński, Adam; Kundrata, Robin; Yamamoto, Shûhei; Thayer, Margaret K.; Newton, Alfred F.; Leschen, Richard A. B.; Gimmel, Matthew L.; Lü, Liang; Engel, Michael S.; Bouchard, Patrice; Huang, Diying (March 2022). "Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles". Royal Society Open Science. 9 (3): 211771. doi:10.1098/rsos.211771. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 8941382. PMID 35345430.
- ^ Cline, Andrew R. and Ślipinśki, Adam. "10.31. Discolomatidae Horn, 1878". 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. 435–442.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Discolomatidae.
- Discolomatida Tree of Life