The Ulodidae are a family of beetles belonging to Tenebrionoidea. They are native to the Southern Hemisphere, with species found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Chile. Larvae and adults are generally found on dead wood or fungus associated with rotting wood, and are mycophagous. There are approximately 40 species in 16 genera.[1][2]
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| Drawing of Syrphetodes marginatus | |
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| Larva of Meryx rugosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869 |
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Taxonomy
edit- Arthopus (New Zealand)
- Brouniphylax (New Zealand)
- Dipsaconia (Australia)
- Exohadrus (New Zealand)
- Ganyme (Australia)
- Meryx (Australia)
- Notocerastes (Australia)
- Phaennis (Australia)
- Pteroderes (Chile)
- Syrphetodes (New Zealand)
- Trachyderas (Chile)
- Trachyderastes (New Caleodonia)
- Ulobostrichus (Australia)
- Ulocyphaleus (Chile)
- Ulodes (Australia)
- †Waitomophylax (New Zealand, Holocene)
References
edit- ^ Leschen, Richard A. B. and Ślipinśki, Adam. "11.10. Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 559-563.
- ^ Leschen, Richard A. B.; Escalona, Hermes E.; Elgueta, Mario (2016-07-18). "Phylogeny of the Gondwanan beetle family Ulodidae (Tenebrionoidea)". Zootaxa. 4138 (3): 441. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27470774.