The family Scraptiidae is a small group of
tenebrionoid 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 sometimes called false flower beetles. There are about 400 species in 30 genera with a world-wide distribution. The adults are found on flowers, sometimes in large numbers, but are also found on foliage. The larvae are typically found under the bark of dead trees. The oldest fossils of the group date to the
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', ...
.
Genera
Genera include:
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Allopoda''
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Anaspis''
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Canifa''
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Cyrtanaspis''
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Diclidia''
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Larisia''
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Nassipa''
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Naucles''
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Neoscraptia''
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Pectotoma''
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Pentaria''
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Pseudopentaria''
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Scraptia''
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Silaria''
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Sphingocephalus''
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Trotomma''
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Trotommidea''
References
Tenebrionoidea
Beetle families
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