Biology:Rentoniidae

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Short description: Family of beetles

Rentoniidae
Drawing of Rentonidium costiventris
Rentonium bicolor
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Rentoniidae
Crowson, 1966
Genera[1]

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Synonyms

Rentoniinae

Rentoniidae is a family of beetles belonging to Cleroidea. The species were originally included in the family Trogossitidae. They are around 1–2 mm in length, with spherical bodies. Members of the family are native to the Southern Hemisphere, being found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and South America.[2] They have been found on flowers, under the bark of dead trees, and in leaf litter, and members are known to be pollenivorous or fungivorous.[1][3]

Genera

  • Australiodes Endrödy-Younga, 1960, New Zealand
  • Globorentonium Lawrence & Slipinski, 2013 Australia, southern Brazil
  • Parentonium Crowson, 1970 Australia
  • Rentonellum Crowson, 1966 Brazil, New Zealand
  • Rentonidium Crowson, 1966 New Zealand
  • Rentonium Crowson, 1966 Chile, New Zealand

An undescribed species is also known from New Caledonia.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q110816339 entry