Chaetosomatidae is a small family of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s, in the superfamily

Cleroidea Cleroidea is a small Taxonomic rank, superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly. Description Cleroidea is ...

. There are three extant genera, two of which ('' Chaetosoma'' and '' Chaetosomodes)'' are endemic to New Zealand with the other ('' Malgassochaetus)'' native to Madagascar. Members of this family are predaceous on wood-boring insects.

Taxonomy

* Genus '' Chaetosoma'' Westwood, 1851 ** '' Chaetosoma colossa'' Opitz, 2010 ** '' Chaetosoma scaritides'' Westwood, 1851 * Genus '' Chaetosomodes'' Broun, 1921 ** '' Chaetosomodes halli'' Broun, 1921 * Genus '' Malgassochaetus'' Ekis & Menier, 1980 ** '' Malgassochaetus cordicollis'' (Menier & Ekis, 1982) ** '' Malgassochaetus crowsoni'' Ekis & Menier, 1980 ** '' Malgassochaetus descarpentriesi'' Ekis & Menier, 1980 ** '' Malgassochaetus pauliani'' Ekis & Menier, 1980 ** '' Malgassochaetus penicillatus'' Menier & Ekis, 1982 ** '' Malgassochaetus quadraticollis'' (Menier & Ekis, 1982) ** '' Malgassochaetus sogai'' Menier, 1991 ** '' Malgassochaetus viettei'' Menier & Ekis, 1982 Genetic studies have suggested that '' Metaxina'' should also be considered a member of Chaetosomatidae, rather than constituting its own family.

References

Polyphaga families {{Cleroidea-stub