The family Scraptiidae is a small group of
tenebrionoid 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 sometimes called false flower beetles. There are about 400 species in 30 genera with a world-wide distribution. The adults are found on flowers, sometimes in large numbers, but are also found on foliage. The larvae are typically found under the bark of dead trees. The oldest fossils of the group date to the
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...
.
Genera
Genera include:
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Allopoda''
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Anaspis''
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Canifa''
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Cyrtanaspis''
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Diclidia''
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Larisia''
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Nassipa''
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Naucles''
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Neoscraptia''
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Pectotoma''
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Pentaria''
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Pseudopentaria''
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Scraptia''
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Silaria''
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Sphingocephalus''
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Trotomma''
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Trotommidea''
References
Tenebrionoidea
Beetle families
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