Tetratomidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Eustrophopsis bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Tetratomidae
Billberg, 1820
Tetratoma

Tetratomidae is a small family of beetles sometimes called polypore fungus beetles. The family consists of several genera, most of which used to be in the family Melandryidae. Tetratomidae can be found worldwide.[1]

Their food consists of fruiting bodies of hymenomycete fungi.[2]

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the family Tetratomidae:

Fossil genera

References

Wikispecies has information related to Tetratomidae.
  1. ^ "Tetratomidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. ^ "Family Tetratomidae - Polypore Fungus Beetles - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Tetratomidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Tetratomidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Browse Tetratomidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.


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