Monotomidae

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: Monotomidae

Subfamiliae: Monotominae - Rhizophaginae - †Rhizophtominae
Name

Monotomidae Laporte, 1840. Type genus: Monotoma Herbst, 1793
Synonyms

Rhizophagidae Redtenbacher, 1845. Type genus: Rhizophagus Herbst, 1793

References

Bousquet, Y. 2002: 79. MONOTOMIDAE Laporte 1840. Pp. 319-321 in: Arnett, R.H., jr.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.): American beetles. Volume 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. limited preview
Bousquet, Y. 2010: 10.8. Monotomidae Laporte, 1840. Pp. 319-324 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
Jelínek, J.; Audisio, P. 2009: The Kateretidae, Nitidulidae and Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) described by Gistel (1856, 1857): new synonymies and type designations. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 225–238. PDF Reference page.
Kirejtshuk, A.G.; Azar, D.; Tafforeau, P.; Boistel, R.; Fernandez, V. 2009: New beetles of Polyphaga (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Denisia, 26: 119–130. Abstract
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. 491
Sengupta, T. 1988: Review of the genera of the family Rhizophagidae (Clavicornia: Coleoptera) of the world. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India, 17(1): 1–58, plates I-XXIV.

Links

Australian Faunal Directory [stub]
Monotomidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD

Additional references

McElrath, T.C., Boyd, O.F. & McHugh, J.V. 2016. MonotomidGen – A matrix-based interactive key to the New World genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea). ZooKeys 634: 47–55. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.634.9857 Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Root-eating Beetle
français: Monotomide

Monotomidae is a family of beetles in the suborder Polyphaga, containing the following genera:[1]

Rhizophaginae Redtenbacher 1845
Rhizophagus Herbst, 1793
Subfamiliy Monotominae
Tribe Lenacini Crowson, 1952
Lenax Sharp, 1877
Tribe Monotomini Laporte, 1840
Monotoma Herbst, 1793
Tribe Thionini Crowson, 1952
Thione Sharp, 1899
Shoguna Lewis, 1884
Arunus Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995
Tribe Europini Sen Gupta, 1988
Afrobaenus Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995
Aneurops Sharp, 1900
Bactridium J.LeConte, 1861
Barunius Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995
Crowsonius Pakaluk & Slipinski, 1993
Eporus Grouvelle, 1897
Europs Wollaston, 1854
Hesperobaenus J.LeConte, 1861
Hiekesia Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995
Indoleptipsius Pal, 2000
Kakamodes Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995
Leptipsius Casey, 1916
Macreurops Casey, 1916
Malabica Sen Gupta, 1988
Malinica Sen Gupta, 1988
Mimema Wollaston, 1861
Mimemodes Reitter, 1876
Monotomopsis Grouvelle, 1896
Monotopion Reitter, 1884
Noveurops Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995
Pararhizophagus Méquignon, 1913
Phyconomus LeConte, 1861
Pycnotomina Casey, 1916
Renuka Sen Gupta, 1988
Rhizophagoides Nakane & Hisamatsu, 1963
Rumnicus Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995
Tarunius Sen Gupta, 1977

Fossil genera

†Jurorhizophagus Cai et al. 2015 Daohugou, China, Callovian
†Cretakarenni Peris and Delclòs 2015 Spanish amber, Escucha Formation, Albian, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Cretolenax Liu et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Rhizobactron Kirejtshuk 2013 Lebanese amber, Barremian
†Rhizophtoma Kirejtshuk and Azar 2009 Lebanese amber, Barremian, Alava amber, Escucha Formation, Spain, Albian

References

Monotomidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.