Phloeostichidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea. They are typically found under the bark of dead trees. Larvae have been found to consume plant tissue and some fungi, while the adults appear to be exclusively fungivores. The family contains four extant genera, Phloeostichus is native to the Palearctic, Rhopalobrachium is native to central-southern South America and eastern Australia, Hymaea is native to southeastern Australia, and Bunyastichus is found in Tasmania.[1]
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| Phloeostichus denticollis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911 |
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Genera edit
- Bunyastichus Leschen, Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005
- Phloeostichus Redtenbacher, 1842
- Rhopalobrachium Boheman, 1858
- Hymaea Pascoe, 1869
- †Pleuroceratos Poinar and Kirejtshuk 2008 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)[2]
References edit
- ^ Lawrence, John F. and Ślipinśki, Adam. "10.13. Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911". 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. 340-346.
- ^ Tihelka, Erik; Huang, Diying; Cai, Chenyang (2020-06-30). "Pleuroceratos jiewenae sp. nov.: A new Cretaceous phloeostichid beetle (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Phloeostichidae)". Palaeoentomology. 3 (3): 248–259. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.3.6. ISSN 2624-2834. S2CID 225750060.
External links edit
Media related to Phloeostichidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Phloeostichidae at Wikispecies
