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Family MYCTERIDAE Oken, 1843


Compiler and date details

October 2020 - Chris Reid, Australian Museum

2011 - A. Calder, D. Jennings, E. Slipinska and T. Weir

  • Mycteriden Oken, 1843.
    Type genus:
     Mycterus Clairville, 1798.

 

Introduction

The family Mycteridae is small and mostly tropical, with about 160 species worldwide (Lawrence & Slipinski 2013). The family is well represented in Baltic (Eocene) amber (Alexeev et al. 2020). There are 3 subfamilies and 30 genera, of which two subfamilies (Hemipeplinae, Eurypinae) and three genera (Hemipeplus, Loboglossa, Trichosalpingus) occur in Australia (Lawrence & Slipinski 2013).

Mycterids are subcortical as adults and larvae (Trichosalpingus) or breed in the leaf axils of densely tufted monocotyledons such as palms (Hemipeplus) (Zelazny & Pacumbaba 1982; Pollock 2010; Lawrence & Slipinski 2013).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
27-Nov-2020 TENEBRIONOIDEA Latreille, 1802 16-Oct-2020 MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020 TENEBRIONOIDEA Latreille, 1802 30-Nov-2018 MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020 01-Nov-2011 MODIFIED
29-Sep-2010 ADDED