Biology:Ceratocanthinae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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.
Description
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.
Distribution
Ceratocanthinae are relatively widespread. They can be found in Australia n, Afrotropical, Indomalaysian, Neotropical, Nearctic, and Palaearctic regions.
Ecology
The adults have been found to associate with termites and ants. Larvae live under bark and in burrows of bessbugs (Passalidae).
Taxonomy
The subfamily Ceratocanthinae contains 43 genera:[1]
References
- ↑ 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". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 74 (1): 23-52. ISSN 1863-7221. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Arthropod-Systematics-Phylogeny_74_0023-0052.pdf.
External links
- Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles HYBOSORIDAE... Ceratocanthinae Martínez, 1968
Wikidata ☰ Q30148056 entry
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