Decliniidae is a 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 belonging to
Scirtoidea. It contains the single genus ''Declinia'' with two species, ''D. relicta'' and ''D. versicolor'', found in the
Russian Far East
The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asia, Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Easte ...
and Japan, respectively. Little is known of their ecology, and their larvae are unknown. Specimens of ''D. relicta'' were found with pollen grains in their gut.
[Lawrence, John F.. "Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821: Coleoptera, Beetles". ''Handbook of Zoology Online'', edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.]
Species
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Declinia relicta''
Nikitsky, Lawrence, Kirejtshuk & Gratshev, 1994
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Declinia versicolor''
Sakai & Satô, 1996
References
Elateriformia genera
Scirtoidea
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