Nosodendridae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present
Nosodendron zealandicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Nosodendridae
Erichson, 1846
Genera

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Nosodendridae is a family of beetles, with less than a hundred species in three extant genera,[1] which are found worldwide. Nosodendron, the largest genus, is found in forests and attracted to yeast generated slime on the wounds of trees, and likely consumes fermented substances as well as fungi and microorganisms.[2] Several additional genera and species are known from the fossil record.[3][4] Nosodendridae is considered to be an isolated lineage within Polyphaga, being the sister group to the clade containing Staphyliniformia, Bostrichoidea and Cucujiformia.[5]

Genera and species

†Basinosa Tihelka, Huang & Cai, 2020
†Mesonosa Tihelka et al., 2021
Nosodendron Latreille, 1804
Nosoglobulus (Háva, 2003)
Nosotetocus Scudder, 1892

References

  1. ^ Hava, J. (2010). "World Catalogue of the Nosodendridae (Coleoptera). Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine" Retrieved on 21 May 2012.
  2. ^ Leschen, Richard A. B. and Beutel, Rolf G.. "5.2. Nosodendridae Erichson, 1846". 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. 185-190.
  3. ^ Tihelka, E.; Li, Y.-D.; Huang, D.-Y.; Cai, C.-Y. (2021). "Are wounded-tree beetles living fossils? A new nosodendrid genus from Burmese amber with bilobed tarsi (Coleoptera: Nosodendridae)". Palaeoentomology. 4 (1): 50–56. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.1.10. S2CID 233894693.
  4. ^ Li, Y.-D.; Tihelka, E.; Dahan, L.; Huang, D.-Y.; Cai, C.-Y. (2021). "On the Nosodendridae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Nosodendroidea)". Zootaxa. 5082 (3): 223–244. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5082.3.2.
  5. ^ Cai, Chenyang; Tihelka, Erik; Giacomelli, Mattia; Lawrence, John F.; Ślipiński, Adam; Kundrata, Robin; Yamamoto, Shûhei; Thayer, Margaret K.; Newton, Alfred F.; Leschen, Richard A. B.; Gimmel, Matthew L.; Lü, Liang; Engel, Michael S.; Bouchard, Patrice; Huang, Diying (March 2022). "Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles". Royal Society Open Science. 9 (3): 211771. doi:10.1098/rsos.211771. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 8941382. PMID 35345430.

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