Aderidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Aderidae
Tribus (4): Aderini - Emelinini - Euglenesini - Phytobaenini
[source: Bouchard et al. (2011)]
Overview of genera (38 + 1†)

Aderus – Agacinosia – Agenjosia – Anidorus – Ariotus – Axylophilus – Beltranosia – Candidosia – Carinatophilus – Cnopus – Cobososia – Dusmetosia – Elonus – Emelinus – Escalerosia – Euglenes – Ganascus – Gompelia – Gonzalosia – Gymnoganascus – Hintonosia – Megaxenus – Menorosia – Mixaderus – Palaeocnopus – Phytobaenus – Pseudananca – Pseudanidorus – Pseudariotus – Pseudolotelus – Saegerosia – Scraptogetus – Syzeton – Syzetonellus – Syzetoninus – Tokiophilus – Vanonus – Zarcosia – Zonantes – †Circaeus
Name

Aderidae Winkler, 1927

Placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology by ICZN (1989: 193), and given precedence over Euglenesidae Seidlitz, 1875]

Synonymy

Xylophilidae Shuckard, 1840 [permanently invalid (Art. 39)]
Type genus: Xylophilus Latreille, 1829 [=Aderus Stephens, 1829] [junior homonym]
Euglenesidae Seidlitz, 1875 [placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology by ICZN (1989: 193)]
Euglenidae Seidlitz, 1875 [placed on the Official Index of Rejected ad Invalid Family-Group Names in Zoology by ICZN (1989: 193)] [junior homonym]
Hylophilidae Pic, 1900
Aderidae Csiki, 1909
†Circaeidae Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1961

References

Alekseev, V.I. & Grzymala, T.L. 2015. New Aderidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic and Bitterfeld amber. Zootaxa 3956(2): 239–257. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.2.5 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Báguena-Corella, L. 1948. Estudio sobre los Aderidae. Instituto de Estudios Africanos. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid. Google books
Báguena-Corella, L. 1962. Exploration du Parc National de la Garamba, Mission H. de Saeger. Fasc. 26. Aderidae (Coleoptera Heteromera). Bruxelles.
Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 Open access. PMC: 3088472 Open access. Reference page.
Collado, J.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. 1996: Báguena-Corella's genera of Aderidae (Coleoptera): nomenclatural corrections and validations. Coleopterists bulletin, 50(1): 96–98. JSTOR Hybrid open access journal. Reference page.
Csiki, E. 1909: Újabb adatok Magyarország bogárfaunájához. Rovartani lapok, 16(1): 3–6. BHL
ICZN 1989: Opinion 1549. Euglenidae Stein, 1878 (Protista, Flagellata) and Euglenidae Seidlitz, 1875 (Insecta, Coleoptera): homonymy removed, and Aderidae Winkler, 1927 (Insecta, Coleoptera): given precedence over Euglenesidae Seidlitz, 1875. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 46(3): 193–194. Internet Archive
Jałoszyński, P. et al. 2013: A synopsis of the family Aderidae in Poland (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Genus: 24(2): 199–216. full article (PDF) Reference page.
Lawrence, J.F.; Kistner, D.H.; Pasteels, J.M. 1990: A new genus and three new species of termitophilous Aderidae (Coleoptera) from Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines, with notes on their biology. Invertebrate taxonomy, 4(3): 643–654. DOI: 10.1071/IT9900643
Lawrence, J.F.; Ślipiński, A. 2010: 11.27. Aderidae Winkler, 1927. Pp. 741-746 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
Lea, A.M. 1917: Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 41: 121–322. PDF
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2008 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark
ISBN 87-88757-84-6, p. 455
Mroczkowski, M.; Ślipiński, S.A. 1987: Case 2510. Euglenidae Stein, 1878 (Protista, Flagellata) and Euglenidae Seidlitz, 1875 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposals to remove the homonymy, with conservation of Aderidae Winkler, 1927 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 44(4): 230–232. Internet Archive
Nardi, G. 2007: Nomenclatorial and faunistic notes on some world Aderidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 1481: 21–34. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1481.1.2 Paywall.
Watt, J.C. 1987: The family and subfamily classification and New Zealand genera of Pythidae and Scraptiidae (Coleoptera). Systematic entomology, 12: 111–136. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1987.tb00552.x
Werner, F.G. 1990: Revision of the Aderidae of eastern North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 98(2): 187–232. JSTOR
Young, D.K. 1991: Euglenidae (Tenebrionoidea). Pp. 554-555 in: Lawrence, J.F. (coordinator) Order Coleoptera, in: Stehr, F.W. (ed.) Immature insects, 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Iowa, USA.

Links

Aderidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Circaeidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of beetles of the family Aderidae of Russia - project by A. Kirejtshuk and A. Herrmann

Vernacular names
English: ant-like leaf beetles, puppet beetles
русский: Адериды

The Aderidae, sometimes called ant-like leaf beetles, are a family of beetles that bear some resemblance to ants. The family consists of about 1,000 species in about 50 genera, of which most are tropical, although overall distribution is worldwide.

As with the Anthicidae, their heads constrict just in front of the pronotum, forming a neck, although the posterior end of the pronotum is not usually as narrow. The eyes are hairy with a granular appearance. The first two abdominal sternites are fused, and in only some groups is a suture even visible. Sizes are 1–4 mm.

As the name suggests, most adults are found on the undersides of the leaves of shrubs and trees, while larvae have found in rotting wood, leaf litter, and nests of other insects.

As of 2002, the last publication of a world catalog of the family was that of Maurice Pic in 1910.

Synonyms of the family include:

Xylophilidae Shuckard 1840
Euglenesidae or Euglenidae Seidlitz 1875
Hylophilidae Pic 1900

Genera

Aderus
Agacinosia
Agenjosia
Anidorus
Ariotus
Axylophilus
Beltranosia
Candidosia
Carinatophilus
Cnopus
Cobososia
Dusmetosia
Elonus
Emelinus
Escalerosia
Euglenes
Ganascus
Gonzalosia
Gymnoganascus
Hintonosia
Megaxenus
Menorosia
Mixaderus
Otolelus
Phytobaenus
Pseudananca
Pseudanidorus
Pseudariotus
Pseudolotelus
Saegerosia
Scraptogetus
Syzeton
Syzetonellus
Syzetoninus
Tokiophilus
Vanonus
Zarcosia
Zonantes

References

Donald S. Chandler, "Aderidae", in Ross H. Arnett, Jr. and Michael C. Thomas, American Beetles (CRC Press, 2002), vol. 2