Biology:Cyclaxyra
| Cyclaxyra | |
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| Cyclaxyra politula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cyclaxyridae |
| Genus: | Cyclaxyra Broun, 1893 |
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Cyclaxyra is a genus of cucujoid beetles in the family Cyclaxyridae, and the sole extant genus in the family, others being known only from fossils.[1] There are two described species in Cyclaxyra, found on the North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island of New Zealand.[2][3] It is an inhabitant of New Zealand's sooty mould habitat and are mycophagous, feeding on spores, conidia, and hyphae.[3]
Cyclaxyra has been treated as part of the family Phalacridae in the past, but is now considered the only living genus of the family Cyclaxyridae.[3][4] Fossil genera include Neolitochropus from Eocene aged Bitterfeld amber in Germany and Electroxyra (formerly considered a member of Cyclaxyra) from Cenomanian aged Burmese amber from Myanmar.
Species
These two species belong to the genus Cyclaxyra:
- Cyclaxyra jelineki Gimmel, 2009
- Cyclaxyra politula (Broun, 1881)
References
- ↑ Gimmel, M.L., Szawaryn K., Cai C. & Leschen R.A.B. (2019) Mesozoic sooty mould beetles as living relicts in New Zealand. Proc. R. Soc. B, DOI:10.1098/rspb.2019.2176
- ↑ "Cyclaxyra". https://www.gbif.org/species/3262894.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gimmel, Matthew L.; Leschen, Richard A. B.; Ślipiński, S. Adam (2009). "Review of the New Zealand endemic family Cyclaxyridae, new family (Coleoptera: Polyphaga)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2). ISSN 0374-1036. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237693551_Review_of_the_New_Zealand_endemic_family_Cyclaxyridae_New_family_Coleoptera_Polyphaga.
- ↑ "Cyclaxyridae Report". https://itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=999559.
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