Dascillidae
Dascillidae is a family of soft-bodied plant beetles in the order Coleoptera. There are at least 15 genera and about 80 described species in Dascillidae.[1][2][3][4]
| Dascillidae | |
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| Dascillus cervinus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Dascilloidea |
| Family: | Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843 |
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ITIS Taxonomic notes:
- Lawrence and Newton (1995) give the authorship for this family as 'Guérin Méneville, 1843 (1834)'.[2]
Selected Genera
- Anorus LeConte, 1859
- Dascillus Latreille, 1796
- Karumia Escalera, 1913
- Notodascillus Carter, 1935
- †Baltodascillus Kundrata et al., 2021[5] (Priabonian, Baltic Amber)
- †Cretodascillus Jin et al, 2013 (Cretaceous, Yixian Formation)
- †Lyprodascillus Zhang, 1989 (Miocene, China)
References
- "Dascillidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- "Dascillidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- "Dascillidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- "Browse Dascillidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- Kundrata, R.; Gimmel, M. L.; Packova, G.; Bukejs, A.; Blank, S. M. (2021). "A new enigmatic lineage of Dascillidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia) from Eocene Baltic amber described using X-ray microtomography, with notes on Karumiinae morphology and classification". Fossil Record. 24 (1): 141–149. doi:10.5194/fr-24-141-2021.
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