Jacobsoniidae

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: Jacobsoniidae
Genera (3): Derolathrus – Saphophagus – Sarothrias
Name

Jacobsoniidae Heller, 1926
Type genus: Jacobsonium Heller, 1926 [=Sarothrias Grouvelle, 1918]

Synonyms

Sarothriidae Crowson, 1955
Type genus: Sarothrias Grouvelle, 1918

References

Háva, J. & Löbl, I. 2005, A world catalogue of the family Jacobsoniidae (Coleoptera). Studies and reports of District Museum Prague-East (taxonomical series) 1(1-2): 89–94. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Lawrence, J.F.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2010: 5.3. Jacobsoniidae Heller, 1926. Pp. 190-195 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
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. 362
Philips, T.K.; Ivie, M.A.; Giersch, J.J. 2002: 65. JACOBSONIIDAE Heller 1926. Pp. 219-220 in: Arnett, R.H.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.) American Beetles, Volume II. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. Print ISBN 9780849309540 eBook ISBN 9781420041231 DOI: 10.1201/9781420041231.ch3

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
Jacobsoniidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
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Vernacular names
English: Jacobson's beetles
русский: Якобсонииды

Jacobsoniidae is a family of Staphylinoidea[1] beetles. The larvae and adults live under bark, in plant litter, fungi, bat guano and rotten wood.[2] It is a small family with 28 described species in three genera:[3]

Description

Members of this family have a small body size (0.7-2.1mm in length).[2] Their bodies are narrow, and are four times as long as they are wide.[2] They are often a yellowish-brown in color.[2]
Distribution

Members of this family have been found in Alabama, Florida, South America, Central America, Polynesia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Asia.[2][3]
Taxonomy

Genus Sarothrias Grouvelle, 1918
Sarothrias amabilis Ślipiński & Löbl, 1995
Sarothrias audax Ślipiński & Löbl, 1995
Sarothrias bournei Ślipiński, 1986
†Sarothrias cretaceus Cai et al., 2017 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)[4]
Sarothrias crowsoni Löbl & Burckhardt, 1988
Sarothrias dimerus (Heller, 1926)
Sarothrias eximius Grouvelle, 1918
Sarothrias fijianus Löbl & Burckhardt, 1988
Sarothrias hygrophilus Pal, 1998
Sarothrias indicus Dajoz, 1978
Sarothrias lawrencei Löbl & Burckhardt, 1988
Sarothrias morokanus Poggi, 1991
Sarothrias pacificus Ślipiński & Löbl, 1995
Sarothrias papuanus Ślipiński, 1986
Sarothrias sinicus Bi & Chen, 2015
Sarothrias songi Yin & Bi, 2018
Genus Saphophagus Sharp, 1886
Saphophagus minutus Sharp, 1886
Genus Derolathrus Sharp, 1908
†Derolathrus abyssus Yamamoto & Parker, 2017 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)[5]
Derolathrus anophthalmus (Franz, 1969)
Derolathrus atomus Sharp, 1908
Derolathrus cavernicolus Peck, 2010
†Derolathrus capdoliensis Tihelka et al., 2022 (Cenomanian, Charentese amber)[6]
Derolathrus ceylonicus (Sen Gupta, 1979)
†Derolathrus groehni Cai et al., 2016 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)[7]
Derolathrus insularis (Dajoz, 1973)
Derolathrus parvulus (Rücker, 1983)
Derolathrus sharpi Grouvelle, 1912
Derolathrus troglophilus (Sen Gupta, 1979)

References

Zhang, S. Q.; Che, L. H.; Li, Y.; Liang, D.; Pang, H.; Ślipiński, A.; Zhang, P. (2018). "Evolutionary history of Coleoptera revealed by extensive sampling of genes and species". Nature Communications. 9 (1): 205. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02644-4. PMC 5768713. PMID 29335414.
Michael A. Ivie (2002). Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas (ed.). American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2 of American Beetles. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
Háva, Jiří (2022). "World catalogue of the family Jacobsoniidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea)" (PDF).
Cai, Chenyang; Ślipiński, Adam; Leschen, Richard A. B.; Yin, Ziwei; Zhuo, De; Huang, Diying (2 May 2017). "The first Mesozoic Jacobson's beetle (Coleoptera: Jacobsoniidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber and biogeographical stasis". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (7): 543–550. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1314388. S2CID 91087174.
Yamamoto, Shûhei; Takahashi, Yui; Parker, Joseph (May 2017). "Evolutionary stasis in enigmatic jacobsoniid beetles". Gondwana Research. 45: 275–281. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2016.12.008.
Tihelka, Erik; Peris, David; Cai, Chenyang; Perrichot, Vincent (20 January 2022). "A Jacobson's beetle from Cretaceous Charentese amber (Coleoptera: Jacobsoniidae)". Geodiversitas. 44 (3): 47–56. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a3. S2CID 246297785.
Cai, Chenyang; Leschen, Richard A. B.; Liu, Ye; Huang, Diying (28 March 2016). "First fossil jacobsoniid beetle (Coleoptera): Derolathrus groehni n. sp. from Eocene Baltic amber". Journal of Paleontology. 89 (5): 762–767. doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.65. S2CID 131477117.