Cyclaxyridae

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: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Cucujoidea

Familia: Cyclaxyridae
Genera (1): Cyclaxyra
Name

Cyclaxyridae Gimmel, Leschen & Ślipiński, 2009
Synonyms

Cyclaxyridae Klimaszewski & Watt, 1997 [as Cyclaxyrinae] [NA - ICZN Article 13.1]

Type genus

Cyclaxyra Broun, 1893 [cited, p. 513]

References
Primary references

Gimmel, M., Leschen, R.A.B. & Ślipiński, S.A. 2009. Review of the New Zealand endemic family Cyclaxyridae, new family (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(2): 511–528. PDF Reference page.

Additional references

ICZN 1988: OPINION 1472 Cyclaxyra Broun, 1893 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 45: 69–70. ISSN: 0007-5167
Klimaszewski, J. & Watt, J.C. 1997. Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification. Fauna of New Zealand, (37). ISBN 0-478-09312-8. Online. Reference page.
Leschen, R.A.B.; Gimmel, M.L.; Ślipiński, S.A. 2010: 10.24. Cyclaxyridae Gimmel, Leschen & Ślipiński, 2009. Pp. 383-386 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
Watt, J.C.; Crowson, R.A. 1986: Cyclaxyra Broun, 1893 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation by the suppression of Melanochroa Broun, 1882. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 43: 196–198. ISSN: 0007-5167

Links

Cyclaxyridae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Tree of Life Web Project. 2008. Cyclaxyridae. Cyclaxyra. Version 23 June 2008 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project

Cyclaxyridae are a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea. The only living genus is Cyclaxyra, with two species endemic to New Zealand. Other species have been named from fossils. They are also known as sooty mould beetles due to the association of Cyclaxyra with sooty mould. The extant species are mycophagous, feeding on spores, conidia, and hyphae.[1]
Genera
Neolitochropus

Cyclaxyra Broun, 1893, New Zealand, recent
Cyclaxyra jelineki Gimmel, 2009
Cyclaxyra politula (Broun, 1881)
†Electroxyra Gimmel, Szawaryn, Cai and Leschen, 2019[2]
Electroxyra cretacea (Wu in Wu, Li and Ding, 2018[3]) Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Pacyclaxyra Tihelka, Huang and Cai, 2021[4]
Pacyclaxyra azari Tihelka, Huang and Cai, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Neolitochropus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky, 2016[5][2][6]
Neolitochropus hoffeinsorum Lyubarsky & Perkovsky, 2016 Bitterfeld amber, Rovno amber, Baltic amber, Europe, Eocene

References

Gimmel ML, Leschen RA, Ślipiński SA (2009). "Review of the New Zealand endemic family Cyclaxyridae, new family (Coleoptera: Polyphaga)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 49 (2). ISSN 0374-1036.
Gimmel ML, Szawaryn K, Cai C, Leschen RA (December 2019). "Mesozoic sooty mould beetles as living relicts in New Zealand". Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 286 (1917): 20192176. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.2176. PMC 6939926. PMID 31847777.
Wu H, Li L, Ding M (November 2018). "The first cyclaxyrid beetle from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Cyclaxyridae)". Cretaceous Research. 91: 66–70. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.015. ISSN 0195-6671.
Tihelka E, Huang D, Cai C (September 2021). "A new genus of giant sooty mould beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cyclaxyridae)". Cretaceous Research. 125: 104876. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104876.
Lyubarsky GY, Perkovsky EE (2016). "A new genus, Neolitochropus (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Phalacridae), from the Upper Eocene Bitterfeld amber". Russian Entomol. J. 25: 1–5. doi:10.15298/rusentj.25.1.01.
Gimme, Matthew L.; Szawaryn, Karol (2020-12-11). "A new genus-level and two new species-level synonyms in the extinct genus Neolitochropus Lyubarsky & Perkovsky (Coleoptera: Cyclaxyridae)". Zootaxa. 4894 (4): 598–599. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4894.4.7. ISSN 1175-5334.a