Throscidae is a family of
elateroid beetles found worldwide (except New Zealand) with around 150 species in 5 extant genera. The larvae are soil-dwelling, siphoning fluid from
mycorrhizae attached to trees. The adults are short-lived, with the adult males being noted for a complex mating dance. Like some other elateroids, they are capable of clicking.
[Muona, Jyrki and Lawrence, John F.. "4.6. Throscidae Laporte, 1840". ''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. 69-74.]
Genera
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Aulonothroscus''
Horn, 1890
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Cryptophthalma''
Cobos, 1982
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Pactopus''
LeConte, 1868
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Potergus''
Bonvouloir, 1871
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Trixagus''
Kugelann, 1794
Fossil genera
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Jaira'' Muona 1993
Baltic amber
The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that these forests created more than ...
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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'', ...
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Potergosoma'' Kovalev and Kirejtshuk 2013
Lebanese amber
Lebanese amber is fossilized resin found in Lebanon and southwest Syria. It dates back approximately 130-125 million years to the Barremian of the Early Cretaceous. It formed on what was then the northern coast of Gondwana, believed to be a tropica ...
, Early Cretaceous (
Barremian
The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is preceded ...
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Rhomboaspis'' Kovalev and Kirejtshuk 2013 Lebanese amber, Barremian
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Trixagosoma'' Li et al., 2020
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
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in ...
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Tyrannothroscus'' Muona 2019 Baltic amber, Eocene
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Captopus'' Li, Huang & Cai, 2021
Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
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Electrothroscus'' Li, Huang & Cai, 2021
Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
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Pseudopactopus'' Li, Huang & Cai, 2021
Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
References
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Elateroidea
Beetle families
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