Pterogeniidae is a family of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s belonging to the supefamily Tenebrionoidea. They are found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Adults and larvae have been found associated with the fruiting bodies of

polypore Polypores are a group of fungi that form large fruiting bodies with pores or tubes on the underside (see Delimitation for exceptions). They are a morphological group of basidiomycetes-like gilled mushrooms and hydnoid fungi, and not all polyp ...

fungi, although adults can also be found in

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and debris.

Taxonomy

Genera in the family include: * '' Histanocerus'' Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands * '' Pterogenius'' Sri Lanka. * '' Kryptogenius'' India and Southeast Asia * '' Tychogenius'' Borneo * '' Katagenius'' (from southern India) * '' Laenagenius'' China * '' Anogenius'' Malay Peninsula

References

External links

*http://nomen.at/Tenebrionoidea Tenebrionoidea Beetle families {{Tenebrionoidea-stub