Chalcodryidae
Chalcodrya variegata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Chalcodryidae
Watt, 1974

The Chalcodryidae are a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea.[1][2] It contains at least five species in two genera Chalcodrya and Philpottia, which are endemic to New Zealand. They are generally found associated with moss or lichen covered branches, with the larvae having been found to be associated with dead twigs. They are likely noctural, feeding on lichen and other plant material at night.[3] The genera Sirrhas and Onysius, formerly placed in this family, have subsequently been transferred to Promecheilidae.[4]

Taxonomy

It contains these genera and species:[5]

References

  1. ^ Watt, J. C. (1974). "Chalcodryidae: A new family of heteromerous beetles (Coleoptera: tenebrionoidea)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 4 (1): 19–38. doi:10.1080/03036758.1974.10419404.
  2. ^ "Tenebrionoidea". Nomen.at - animals and plants. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. ^ Lawrence, John F. and Leschen, Richard A. B.. "11.12. Chalcodryidae Watt, 1974". 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. 567-571.
  4. ^ Lawrence, John F.; Leschen, Richard A. B.; Zaitsev, Artem (2020-03-25). "Onysius Broun: The First New Zealand Genus of Promecheilidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 74 (1): 27. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.27. ISSN 0010-065X.
  5. ^ "Chalcodryidae". Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
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