Stenotrachelidae, commonly called false longhorn beetles 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 in the superfamily

Tenebrionoidea The Tenebrionoidea are a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles. It generally corresponds to the Heteromera of earlier authors. Taxonomy Tenebrionoidea contains the following families: * Aderidae Winkler 1927 (ant-like leaf beetles) ...

. They are native to the

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region. The larvae feed on heavily decomposed wood, while the adults are likely short lived and probably feed on pollen.Lawrence, John F. and Ślipinśki, Adam. "11.17. Stenotrachelidae C. G. Thomson, 1859". ''Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim)'', edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 670-674.

Classification

The false longhorn beetles belongs to the large superfamily

. There are three subfamilies with about 6 genera and 20

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: * Stenotrachelinae: ''Anelpistus'', ''Scotodes'', ''Stenocephaloon'' and ''Stenotrachelus'' * Nematoplinae: ''Nematoplus'' * Cephaloinae: ''Cephaloon''

References

Tenebrionoidea Beetle families {{Tenebrionoidea-stub