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| taxon = Ulodidae
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| image = COLE Ulodidae Syrphetodes marginatus.png
| image = Larva of Meryx rugosa (Coleoptera, Ulodidae).jpg▼
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| image2_caption = Larva of ''Meryx rugosa''
| authority = Pascoe, 1869
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[[File:Syrphetodes marginatus 118497857.jpg|thumb|Specimen of ''[[Syrphetodes|Syrphetodes marginatus]]'' from New Zealand]]
The '''Ulodidae''' are a family of [[beetle]]s 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. There are approximately 40 species in 16 genera.<ref>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.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Leschen |first=Richard A. B. |last2=Escalona |first2=Hermes E. |last3=Elgueta |first3=Mario |date=2016-07-18 |title=Phylogeny of the Gondwanan beetle family Ulodidae (Tenebrionoidea) |url=http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4138.3.2 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4138 |issue=3 |pages=441 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.2 |issn=1175-5334}}</ref>
== Taxonomy ==
* ''[[Arthouse musical|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)
* {{Extinct}}''Waitomophylax'' (New Zealand, Holocene)
==References==
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