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'''Protocucujidae ''' is a family of [[beetle]]s, in the suborder [[Polyphaga]].<ref>[http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Protocucujidae environment.gov.au]</ref><ref>[http://nomen.at/Cucujoidea nomen.at]</ref> It has a single known genus, '''''Ericmodes''''' (Reitter, 1878)'','' of which ''Protocucujus'' (Crowson, 1954) is a [[junior synonym]]. Species of ''Ericmodes'' are native to southern South America and Eastern Australia. Little is known of their biology.<ref>{{Citation |last=Ślipinśki |first=Adam |title=10.4. Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954 |date=2010-12-31 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110911213.296/html |work=Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim) |pages=296–300 |editor-last=Kükenthal |editor-first=Willy |publisher=DE GRUYTER |doi=10.1515/9783110911213.296 |isbn=978-3-11-019075-5 |access-date=2022-10-02 |last2=Beutel |first2=Rolf G. |editor2-last=Leschen |editor2-first=Richard A.B. |editor3-last=Beutel |editor3-first=Rolf G. |editor4-last=Lawrence |editor4-first=John F.}}</ref>
'''Protocucujidae ''' is a family of [[beetle]]s, in the superfamily [[Cucujoidea]]. It has a single known genus, '''''Ericmodes''''' (Reitter, 1878) ([[Synonym (taxonomy)|syn]] ''Protocucujus'' Crowson, 1954). Species of ''Ericmodes'' are native to southern South America and Eastern Australia. Little is known of their biology, though adults and larvae probably live on vegetation, with adults having also been found in leaf litter and in flight.<ref>{{Citation |last=Ślipinśki |first=Adam |title=10.4. Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954 |date=2010-12-31 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110911213.296/html |work=Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim) |pages=296–300 |editor-last=Kükenthal |editor-first=Willy |publisher=DE GRUYTER |doi=10.1515/9783110911213.296 |isbn=978-3-11-019075-5 |access-date=2022-10-02 |last2=Beutel |first2=Rolf G. |editor2-last=Leschen |editor2-first=Richard A.B. |editor3-last=Beutel |editor3-first=Rolf G. |editor4-last=Lawrence |editor4-first=John F.}}</ref>


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==References==

Latest revision as of 04:13, 6 November 2022

Protocucujidae
Specimen of Ericmodes sylvaticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Protocucujidae
Crowson, 1954
Genera
  • Ericmodes

Protocucujidae is a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cucujoidea. It has a single known genus, Ericmodes (Reitter, 1878) (syn Protocucujus Crowson, 1954). Species of Ericmodes are native to southern South America and Eastern Australia. Little is known of their biology, though adults and larvae probably live on vegetation, with adults having also been found in leaf litter and in flight.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ślipinśki, Adam; Beutel, Rolf G. (2010-12-31), Kükenthal, Willy; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Lawrence, John F. (eds.), "10.4. Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954", Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), DE GRUYTER, pp. 296–300, doi:10.1515/9783110911213.296, ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5, retrieved 2022-10-02