Ceratocanthinae
| Ceratocanthinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Hybosoridae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratocanthinae A. Martínez, 1968 |
| Type genus | |
| Ceratocanthus White, 1842
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| Tribes | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Acanthoceridae Lacordaire, 1856 | |
Ceratocanthinae is a subfamily of the scarabaeoid beetle family Hybosoridae. It includes three tribes comprising 43 genera and 366 species; it was formerly treated as a separate family, Ceratocanthidae.
Description[edit]
Ceratocanthinae are small sized beetles from 2.0 to 10.0 millimeters in length. Adult beetles can be found on the bark and branches of dead trees and on fungus.
Distribution[edit]
Ceratocanthinae are relatively widespread. They can be found in Australian, Afrotropical, Indomalaysian, Neotropical, Nearctic, and Palaearctic regions.
Ecology[edit]
The adults have been found to associate with termites and ants. Larvae live under bark and in burrows of bessbugs (Passalidae).
Taxonomy[edit]
The subfamily Ceratocanthinae contains 43 genera:[1]
- Acanthocerodes Péringuey, 1901
- Afrocloetus Petrovitz, 1968
- Aneilobolus Hesse, 1948
- Anopsiostes Paulian, 1982
- Astaenomoechus Martínez & Pereira, 1959
- Aulisostes Howden & Gill, 2000
- Baloghianestes Paulian, 1968
- Besuchetostes Paulian, 1972
- Callophilharmostes Paulian, 1968
- Carinophilharmostes Paulian, 1968
- Ceratocanthoides Paulian, 1982
- Ceratocanthopsis Paulian, 1982
- Ceratocanthus White, 1842
- Chaetophilharmostes Paulian, 1977
- Cloeotus Germar, 1843
- Congomostes Paulian, 1968
- Cryptophilharmostes Ballerio, 2000
- Cryptosphaeroides Ballerio, 2009
- Cyphopisthes Gestro, 1898
- Ebbrittoniella Martínez, 1962
- Eusphaeropeltis Gestro, 1898
- Germarostes Paulian, 1982
- Glyptogermarostes Ocampo & Ballerio, 2006
- Goudotostes Paulian, 1979
- Ivieolus Howden & Gill, 1988
- Macrophilharmostes Paulian, 1978
- Madrasostes Paulian, 1975
- Martinezostes Paulian, 1982
- Melanophilharmostes Paulian, 1968
- Nesopalla Paulian & Howden, 1982
- Oxymorostes Ballerio, 2009
- Paulianostes Ballerio, 2000
- Perignamptus Harold, 1877
- Petrovitzostes Paulian, 1977
- Philharmostes Kolbe, 1895
- Pseudopterorthochaetes Paulian, 1977
- Pseudosynarmostes Ballerio, 2009
- Pterorthochaetes Gestro, 1898
- Scarabaeinus Silvestri, 1940
- Scarabatermes Howden, 1973
- Synarmostes Germar, 1843
- Trachycrusus Howden & Gill, 1995
- Xenocanthus Howden & Gill, 1988
References[edit]
- ^ Ballerio, Alberto; Grebennikov, Vasily (14 June 2016). "Rolling into a ball: phylogeny of the Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae) inferred from adult morphology and origin of a unique body enrollment coaptation in terrestrial arthropods" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 74 (1): 23–52. eISSN 1864-8312. ISSN 1863-7221.
External links[edit]
- Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles HYBOSORIDAE... Ceratocanthinae Martínez, 1968