Tetratomidae

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: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tetratomidae
Subfamiliae (5): Eustrophinae - Hallomeninae - Penthinae - Piseninae - Tetratominae

Name

Tetratomidae Billberg, 1820

References

Lawrence, J.F. 1991: Tetratomidae (Tenebrionoidea). Pp. 504-505 in: Lawrence, J.F. (coordinator) Order Coleoptera, in: Stehr, F.W. (ed.) Immature insects, 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Iowa, USA.
Lawrence, J.F.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2010: 11.5. Tetratomidae Billberg, 1820. Pp. 514-520 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
Nikitsky, N.B. 1998: Generic classification of the beetle family Tetratomidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) of the world, with description of new taxa. Pensoft series faunistica, (9)
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2008 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark
ISBN 87-88757-84-6, p. 62
Daniel K. Young & Darren A. Pollock 2002: 99. TETRATOMIDAE Billberg 1820. Pp. 15-18 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 on Google books

Links

Tetratomidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of the family Tetratomidae of Russia

Tetratomidae is a small family of beetles sometimes called polypore fungus beetles. The family consists of several genera, most of which used to be in the family Melandryidae. Tetratomidae can be found worldwide.[1]

Their food consists of fruiting bodies of hymenomycete fungi[2]
Genera

These 12 genera belong to the family Tetratomidae:

Cyanopenthe Nikitsky, 1998 g
Eustrophopsis Champion, 1889 i c g b
Eustrophus Illiger, 1807 i c g b
Hallomenus Panzer, 1794 i c g b
Holostrophus Horn, 1888 i c g b
Mycetoma Dejean, 1834 g
Penthe Newman, 1838 i c g b
Pisenus Casey, 1900 i c g b
Pseudoholostrophus Nikitsky, 1983 i c g b
Synstrophus Seidlitz, 1898 i c g b
Tetratoma Fabricius, 1790 i c g b
Triphyllia Reitter, 1898 i c g b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[1]
Fossil genera

†Allostrophus Hsiao et al. 2018 Eustrophini, Eustrophinae Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Cretosynstrophus Cai et al. 2016 Eustrophinae Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Pseudohallomenus Nikitsky 1977 Hallomeninae, Taimyr amber, Russia, Santonian
†Synchrotronia Soriano and Pollock 2014 Holostrophini, Eustrophinae, Charentese amber, France, Cenomanian
†Thescelostrophus Yu et al. 2016 Eustrophini, Eustrophinae Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

"Tetratomidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
"Family Tetratomidae - Polypore Fungus Beetles - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
"Tetratomidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
"Browse Tetratomidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
"Tetratomidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.