Zopheridae

The Zopheridae family of beetles has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these former families are the Monommatidae and the Colydiidae, which are now both included in the Zopheridae as subfamilies or (in the former case) even as tribe of subfamily Zopherinae. Some authors accept up to six subfamilies here, while others merge all except the Colydiinae into the Zopherinae.

The family has approximately 190 genera and 1700 species, which are found worldwide. A large number of members of the family feed on rotting wood or fungus associated with rotting wood, though some members of Colydiinae are predatory, or feed on living plant tissue such as roots, stems, flower stalks and fruit.

The oldest fossils of the family are '' Paleoendeitoma'' (subfamily Colydiinae, tribe Synchitini) and '' Cretomysteria'' from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber from Myanmar.

See also

* List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera

Genera

These 89 genera belong to the family Zopheridae:

* '' Ablabus'' Broun, 1880 ^g
* ''Acolobicus'' Sharp, 1894 ^{i c g b}
* '' Acropis'' Burmeister, 1840 ^g
* '' Anarmostes'' Pascoe, 1860 ^g
* '' Anchomma'' Leconte, 1858 ^g
* '' Antilissus'' Sharp, 1879 ^{i c g}
* '' Aspathines'' Champion, 1888 ^{i c g b}
* ''Aulonium'' Erichson, 1845 ^{i c g b}
* ''Bitoma'' Herbst, 1793 ^{i c g b}
* '' Catolaemus'' Sharp, 1894 ^g
* '' Cerchanotus'' Erichson, 1845 ^g
* '' Chorasus'' Sharp, 1882 ^g
* '' Cicones'' Curtis, 1827 ^g
* '' Colobicones'' Grouvelle, 1918 ^g
* ''Colobicus'' Latreille, 1807 ^{i c g b}
* ''Colydium'' Fabricius, 1792 ^{i c g b}
* '' Colydodes'' Motschulsky, 1855 ^g
* '' Corticus'' Germar, 1824 ^g
* ''Coxelus'' Dejean, 1821 ^{i c g b}
* ''Denophoelus'' Stephan, 1989 ^{i c g b}
* '' Diodesma'' Latreille, 1829 ^g
* '' Diplagia'' Reitter, 1882 ^g
* '' Dryptops'' Broun, 1882 ^g
* ''Endeitoma'' Sharp, 1894 ^{i c g b}
* '' Endocoxelus'' Waterhouse, 1876 ^g
* '' Endophloeus'' Dejean, 1834 ^g
* '' Enhypnon'' Carter, 1919 ^g
* '' Ethelema'' Pascoe, 1860 ^g
* ''Eucicones'' Sharp, 1894 ^{i c g b}
* ''Eudesma'' LeConte, 1863 ^{i c g b}
* '' Glyphocryptus'' Sharp, 1885 ^g
* '' Helioctamenus'' Schaufuss, 1882 ^g
* '' Hyporhagus'' Thomson, 1860 ^{i c g b}
* '' Hyporrhagus'' Thomson, 1860 ^g
* '' Inscutomonomma'' Pic, 1951 ^g
* '' Langelandia'' Aubé, 1842 ^g
* ''Lasconotus'' Erichson, 1845 ^{i c g b}
* '' Lemnis'' Harold, 1868 ^g
* ''Lobogestoria'' Reitter, 1878 ^{i c g b}
* ''Lyreus'' Aubé, 1861 ^{i c g b}
* '' Mecedanum'' Erichson, 1845 ^g
* ''Megataphrus'' Casey, 1890 ^{i c g b}
* ''Microprius'' Fairmaire, 1868 ^{i c g b}
* '' Microsicus'' Sharp, 1894 ^{i c g}
* ''Monoedus'' Horn, 1882 ^{i c g b}
* '' Monomma'' Klug, 1833 ^g
* '' Myrmechixenus'' ^g
* ''Namunaria'' Reitter, 1882 ^{i c g b}
* ''Nematidium'' Erichson, 1845 ^{i c g b}
* '' Neotrichus'' Sharp, 1886 ^{i c g}
* '' Noserinus'' Casey, 1907 ^g
* '' Noserus'' ^g
* ''Nosoderma'' Solier, 1841 ^g
* '' Nosodomodes'' Reitter, 1922 ^g
* ''Orthocerus'' ^g
* '' Paha'' Dajoz, 1984 ^{i c g b}
* '' Phellopsis'' LeConte, 1862 ^{i c g b}
* '' Phloeodalis'' Erichson, 1845 ^g
* '' Phloeodes'' LeConte, 1862 ^{i c g b}
* ''Phloeonemus'' Erichson, 1845 ^{i c g b}
* '' Phormesa'' Pascoe, 1863 ^g
* '' Phreatus'' Pascoe, 1863 ^g
* '' Priolomus'' Erichson, 1845 ^g
* '' Pristoderus'' Hope, 1840 ^g
* '' Prosteca'' Wollaston, 1860 ^g
* '' Prostheca'' Wollaston, 1860 ^g
* '' Pseudaulonium'' Reitter, 1877 ^g
* '' Pseudendestes'' Lawrence, 1980 ^g
* ''Pseudocorticus'' Hinton, 1935 ^{i c g b}
* ''Pycnomerus'' Erichson, 1842 ^{i c g b}
* '' Rechodes'' Erichson, 1845 ^g
* '' Recyntus'' Broun, 1882 ^g
* ''Rhagodera'' Mannerheim, 1843 ^{i c g b}
* '' Rhagoderidea'' Wickham, 1914 ^g
* '' Rhizonium'' Sharp, 1876 ^g
* '' Sesaspis'' ^b
* '' Spinhyporhagus'' Freude, 1984 ^{i c g}
* '' Stephaniolus'' Ivie, Slipinsky and Wegrzynowicz, 2001 ^{i c g}
* ''Synchita'' Hellwig, 1792 ^{i c g b}
* '' Tarphiablabus'' Slipinski & Lawrence, 1997 ^g
* '' Tarphiosoma'' Wollaston, 1862 ^g
* '' Tarphius'' Erichson, 1845 ^g
* '' Todimopsis'' Slipinski & Lawrence, 1997 ^g
* '' Trigonophloeus'' Dajoz, 1980 ^g
* '' Usechimorpha'' Blaisdell, 1929 ^{i c g b}
* '' Usechus'' Motschulsky, 1845 ^{i c g b}
* '' Vitiacus'' Broun, 1893 ^g
* '' Xylolaemus'' Dejean, 1835 ^g
* ''Zopherus'' Laporte, 1840 ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

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Beetle families
Tenebrionoidea