Cerophytidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Cerophytidae
Genera (4 + 5†): Afrocerophytum – Brachycerophytum – Cerophytum – Phytocerum – †Aphytocerus – †Baissophytum – †Lebanophytum – †Necromera – †Wongaroo

Name

Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834
References

Chang, H.; Kirejtshuk, A.; Ren, D. 2011: New genus and species of Cerophytidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Baissa (Siberia). Cretaceous research, 32(6): 700–704. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.04.005
Chang, H.; Kirejtshuk, A.; Ren, D. 2011: On taxonomy and distribution of fossil Cerophytidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia) with description of a new Mesozoic species of Necromera Martynov 1926. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.), 47(1-2): 33–44.
Costa, C.; Vanin, S.A.; Lawrence, J.F.; Ide, S. 2003: Systematics and cladistic analysis of Cerophytidae (Elateroidea: Coleoptera). Systematic entomology, 28(3): 375–407. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00219.x
Costa, C.; Vanin, S.A.; Lawrence, J.F.; Ide, S. 2010: 4.4. Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834. Pp. 54-61 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
Costa, C.; Vanin, S.A.; Rosa, S.P. 2014: Description of a new genus and species of Cerophytidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) from Africa with a cladistic analysis of the family. Zootaxa 3878(3): 248–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.3.2 Reference page.
Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Azar, D. 2008. New taxa of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Lebanese amber with evolutionary and systematic comments. Alavesia 2: 15–46. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Oberprieler, R.G., Ashman, L.G., Frese, M. & Slipinski, A. 2016. The first elateroid beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Elateroidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Australia. Zootaxa 4147(2): 177–191. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.2.5. Reference page.
Sasaji, H. 2004: Deicovery of the family Cerophytidae from Japan (Coleoptera, Elateroidea) and its biogeographical significance. Gekkan-Mushi, 395: 16–22.

Links

Cerophytidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of family Cerophytidae of Russia
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-67-6, p. 81

Vernacular names
English: Rare click beetle
日本語: ヒゲコメツキダマシ科
русский: Церофитиды

The Cerophytidae are a family of Coleoptera known as the rare click beetles. Adults are infrequently encountered, and larvae are found within wood, where they are believed to feed on fungi. The family contains over 20 species in five genera, primarily distributed in the New World:[1] 17 fossil genera are known extending to the Early Jurassic.[2]

Mesozoic clade:

†Elaterocoleus Dolin 1973 Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Hettangian-Sinemurian
†Praelaterium Dolin 1973 Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Hettangian-Sinemurian
†Necromeropsis Yu et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Aphytocerus Zherikhin 1977 Taimyr Amber, Russia, Cenomanian-Santonian
†Jurassophytum Yu et al. 2019 Jiulongshan Formation, China, Callovian
†Necromera Martynov 1926 Jiulongshan Formation, China, Callovian, Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian Laiyang Formation, Yixian Formation, China, Aptian

Extant clade:

Basal clade (3 genera)

†Wongaroo Oberprieler et al. 2016 Talbragar Fossil Fish Bed, Australia, Tithonian
†Baissophytum Chang et al. 2011 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
†Baissopsis Kirejtshuk 2013 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
†Amberophytum Yu et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
Genus Afrocerophytum Costa, Vanin et Rosa, 2014
Afrocerophytum vix Costa, Vanin et Rosa, 2014
Genus Aphytocerus Zherikhin, 1977
Aphytocerus communis Zherikhin, 1977
Genus Brachycerophytum Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Brachycerophytum sinchona Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Genus Cerophytum Latreille, 1806
Cerophytum convexicolle LeConte, 1866
Cerophytum japonicum Sasaji, 1999
Cerophytum pulsator (Haldeman, 1845)
Genus Phytocerum Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Phytocerum alleni Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Phytocerum belloi Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Phytocerum birai Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Phytocerum boliviense (Golbach, 1983)
Phytocerum burakowskii Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Phytocerum cayennense (de Bonvouloir, 1870)
Phytocerum distinguendum (Soares & Peracchi, 1964)
Phytocerum golbachi Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Phytocerum ingens Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Phytocerum inpa Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Phytocerum minutum (Golbach, 1983)
Phytocerum serraticorne Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Phytocerum simonkai Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
Phytocerum trinidadense (Golbach, 1983)
Phytocerum zikani (Soares & Peracchi, 1964)

References

Cerophytidae Species List Archived 2014-05-30 at the Wayback Machine at Joel's Hallan Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
Yu, Yali; Ślipiński, Adam; Lawrence, John F.; Yan, Evgeny; Ren, Dong; Pang, Hong (July 2019). "Reconciling past and present: Mesozoic fossil record and a new phylogeny of the family Cerophytidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)". Cretaceous Research. 99: 51–70. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.02.024.