Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the

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. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with

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and aquatic habitats. The larvae generally live associated with rotting wood or vegetation, or within gravel and detritus on the edge of water bodies. The larvae of some species feed on submerged rotting wood or on plant roots, while the adults of some species are known to feed on fungus with modified brush-like maxillae.Lawrence, John F.. "Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836: Coleoptera, Beetles". ''Handbook of Zoology Online'', edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.

Genera

Subfamily Anchytarsinae Champion, 1897 * '' Anchycteis'' Horn, 1880 * '' Anchytarsus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1843 * '' Epilichas'' White, 1859 * '' Pseudoepilichas'' Armstrong & Nakane, 1956 *†'' Electrolichas'' Alekseev & Jäch 2016 Baltic amber, Eocene Subfamily Apoglossinae Champion, 1897 * '' Apoglossa'' Guérin-Méneville, 1843 * '' Bradytoma'' Guérin-Méneville, 1849 * '' Octoglossa'' Guérin-Méneville, 1843 Subfamily Araeopidiinae Lawrence, 1991 * '' Araeopidius'' Cockerell, 1906 Subfamily Byrrocryptinae Lawrence et al., 2024 * '' Byrrocryptus'' Broun, 1893 Subfamily Cladotominae Pic, 1914 * '' Austrolichus'' Lawrence & Stribling, 1992 * '' Cladotoma'' Westwood, 1837 * '' Drupeus'' Lewis, 1895 * '' Hovactyla'' Fairmaire, 1901 * '' Paralichus'' White, 1859 * '' Pseudocladotoma'' Pic, 1918 Subfamily Ptilodactylinae Laporte, 1836 * '' Chelonariomorphus'' Pic, 1916 * ''

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'' Laporte, 1836 * '' Falsotherius'' Pic, 1913 * '' Lachnodactyla'' Champion, 1897 * '' Microdrupeus'' Nakane, 1993 * '' Pherocladus'' Fairmaire, 1881 * '' Podabrocephalus'' Pic, 1913 * '' Ptilodactyla'' Illiger, 1807 * '' Stirophora'' Champion, 1897 Subfamily Unplaced * '' Aphebodactyla'' Chatzimanolis, Cashion, Engel, & Falin, 2012 * '' Falsoptilodactyla'' Pic, 1958 * '' Ptilodactyloides'' Motschulsky, 1856 * '' Therius'' Guérin-Méneville, 1849 * '' Valoka'' Deleve, 1872 *†'' Aphebodactyla'' Chatzimanolis et al. 2012

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. Th ...

, Myanmar,

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*†'' Ptilodactyloides'' Motschulsky 1856

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, Eocene

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