Phloeostichidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily
Cucujoidea
Cucujoidea is a superfamily of beetles. This group formerly included all of the families now included in the superfamily Coccinelloidea. They include some fungus beetles and a diversity of lineages of "bark beetles" unrelated to the "true" bark be ...
. They are typically found under the bark of dead trees. Larvae have been found to consume plant tissue and some fungi, while the adults appear to be exclusively fungivores. The family contains four extant genera, ''
Phloeostichus'' is native to the
Palearctic, ''
Rhopalobrachium'' is native to central-southern South America and eastern Australia, ''
Hymaea'' is native to southeastern Australia, and ''
Bunyastichus'' is found in Tasmania.
Genera
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Bunyastichus''
Leschen, Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005
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Phloeostichus''
Redtenbacher, 1842
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Rhopalobrachium''
Boheman, 1858
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Hymaea''
Pascoe, 1869
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Pleuroceratos'' Poinar and Kirejtshuk 2008
Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...
, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (
Cenomanian)
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Cucujoidea
Cucujoidea families
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