Biology:Chaetosomatidae

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Short description: Family of beetles

Chaetosomatidae
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Chaetosoma scaritides
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Chaetosomodes halli
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Chaetosomatidae
Crowson, 1952
Genera

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Chaetosomatidae is a small family of beetles, in the superfamily Cleroidea.[1][2] There are three extant genera, two of which (Chaetosoma and Chaetosomodes) are endemic to New Zealand with the other (Malgassochaetus) native to Madagascar. Members of this family are predaceous on wood-boring insects.[3]

Taxonomy

Genetic studies have suggested that Metaxina should also be considered a member of Chaetosomatidae, rather than constituting its own family.[4]

References

  1. "Chaetosomatidae - Nomen.at - animals and plants". http://nomen.at/Chaetosomatidae. 
  2. Chaetosomatidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Retrieved on 12 Jul 2011.
  3. Leschen, Richard A. B. (2010-12-31), Kükenthal, Willy; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G. et al., eds., "9.3. Chaetosomatidae Crowson, 1952", Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim) (DE GRUYTER): pp. 247–250, doi:10.1515/9783110911213.247, ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5, https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110911213.247/html, retrieved 2022-10-02 
  4. Gimmel, Matthew L.; Bocakova, Milada; Gunter, Nicole L.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (July 2019). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)" (in en). Systematic Entomology 44 (3): 527–558. doi:10.1111/syen.12338. ISSN 0307-6970. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12338. 

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