Ptilodactylidae
Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the Elateriformia. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with riparian and aquatic habitats. The larvae generally live associated with rotting wood or vegetation, or within gravel and detritus on the edge of water bodies. The larvae of some species feed on submerged rotting wood or on plant roots, while the adults of some species are known to feed on fungus with modified brush-like maxillae.Lawrence, John F.. "Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836: Coleoptera, Beetles". ''Handbook of Zoology Online'', edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. Genera Subfamily Anchytarsinae Champion, 1897 * '' Anchycteis'' Horn, 1880 * '' Anchytarsus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1843 * '' Byrrocryptus'' Broun, 1893 * '' Epilichas'' White, 1859 * '' Pseudoepilichas'' Armstrong & Nakane, 1956 *†'' Electrolichas'' Alekseev & Jäch 2016 Baltic amber, Eocene Subfamily Cladotominae Pic, 1914 * '' Aust ...
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Podabrocephalus
''Podabrocephalus'' is an enigmatic monotypic genus in the family Ptilodactylidae. For decades it had historically been placed in its own family, Podabrocephalidae, or sometimes included in the highly diverse family Cerambycidae, but more recent analyses firmly place it within Ptilodactylidae.Kundrata, R., M. A. Ivie, and L. Bocak. 2019. ''Podabrocephalus'' Pic is the morphologically modified lineage of Ptilodactylinae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia: Ptilodactylidae). Insect Syst. Evol. 50: 147–161. Its only species is ''Podabrocephalus sinuaticollis'', known from southern India. References

Byrrhoidea Byrrhoidea genera Monotypic Elateriformia genera Beetles of Asia Taxa named by Maurice Pic {{Elateriformia-stub ...
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