Derodontus

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
Series: Derodontiformia
Superfamilia: Derodontoidea

Familia: Derodontidae
Subfamilia: Derodontinae
Genus: Derodontus
Species (11): D. esotericus – D. japonicus – D. longiclavis – D. macularis – D. maculatus – D. nepalensis – D. osseticus – D. raffrayi – D. trisignatus – D. tuberosus – D. unidentatus
Name

Derodontus LeConte, 1861

Type species: Cryptophagus maculatus Melsheimer, 1844
References

Háva, J. 2009b. New or interesting Derodontidae (Coleoptera) from Palaearctic region. Studies and reports of District Museum Prague-East Taxonomical Series 5(1-2): 43-46. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Leschen, R.A.B. 1994: Fungal Host Use in Two Species of Derodontus LeConte (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). Coleopterists bulletin, 48: 126–130. JSTOR

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Atlas of tooth-neck fungus beetles (Derodontidae) of Russia

Derodontus is a genus of tooth-necked fungus beetles in the family Derodontidae. There are about eleven described species in Derodontus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These eleven species belong to the genus Derodontus:

Derodontus esotericus Lawrence, 1979
Derodontus japonicus Hisamatsu, 1964
Derodontus longiclavis Nikitskiy, 1987
Derodontus macularis (Fuss, 1850)
Derodontus maculatus (Melsheimer, 1844)
Derodontus nepalensis Háva 2009
Derodontus ossetious Nikitsky, 1993
Derodontus raffrayi Grouvelle, 1917
Derodontus trisignatus (Mannerheim, 1852)
Derodontus tuberosus Hisamatsu & Sakai, 1986
Derodontus unidentatus Lawrence, 1979

References

"Derodontus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
"Derodontus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
"Derodontus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Zahradník, Petr; Háva, Jiří (2014). "Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia)". Zootaxa. 3754 (4): 301–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1. PMID 24869695.

Further reading

Lawrence, John F.; Hlavac, T. F. (1979). "Review of the Derodontidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) with new species from North America and Chile". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 33 (4): 369–414. JSTOR 4000075.
Lawrence, J. F. (1989). "Family: Derodontidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.