Biology:Leiodidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Superfamily: | Staphylinoidea |
| Family: | Leiodidae Fleming, 1821 |
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| Diversity | |
| at least 380 genera | |
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Leiodidae is a family of beetles with around 3800 described species found worldwide. Members of this family are commonly called round fungus beetles due to the globular shape of many species, although some are more elongated in shape. They are generally small or very small beetles (less than 10 mm in length) and many (but not all) species have clubbed antennae.
Members of the family are generally saprophagous or scavengers feeding on carrion or decaying organic matter like dung, or are specialised on feeding on specific types of fungus. Many species have reduced wings, with about half of all described species being flightless.[2]
The oldest fossil of the family is Mesagyrtoides from Shar-Teg, Mongolia, dating the Late Jurassic (Tithonian). Members of modern subfamilies appear during the Cretaceous, with Cretaceous members of the family being primarily known from Burmese amber.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMID 21594053. PMC 3088472. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4001.
- ↑ Newton, Alfred F. (2016). "Leiodidae Fleming, 1821, Coleoptera, Beetles". in Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas Berlin, Boston. Handbook of Zoology Online. De Gruyter. https://www.degruyter.com/database/ZOOLOGY/entry/bp_024906-4_35/html. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ↑ Bao, Tong; Antunes-Carvalho, Caio (December 2020). "Two new polyphagan beetles (Tenebrionidae, Leiodidae) from lower Cenomanian amber of Myanmar" (in en). Cretaceous Research 116: 104599. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104599. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667120302858.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q132279 entry
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