Monotominae

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
Subfamilia: Monotominae
Tribus: Europini - Lenacini - Monotomini - Thionini

Name
Monotominae Laporte, 1840. Type genus: Monotoma Herbst, 1793

Monotominae is a subfamily of root-eating beetles in the family Monotomidae. There are about 10 genera and more than 80 described species in Monotominae.[1][2][3]

Genera

These 10 genera belong to the subfamily Monotominae:

Aneurops Sharp, 1900
Bactridium LeConte, 1861
Europs Wollaston, 1854
Hesperobaenus LeConte, 1861
Leptipsius Casey, 1916
Macreurops Casey, 1916
Monotoma Herbst, 1793
Phyconomus LeConte, 1861
Pycnotomina Casey, 1916
Thione Sharp, 1899

References

"Monotominae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
"Monotominae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Further reading

Bousquet, Yves (2002). "Family 79: Monotomidae Laporte, 1840". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 319–321. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.