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| authority = [[Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz|Eschscholtz]], 1829
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* ''Phylloceridae'' <small>Reitter, 1905</small>
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== Ecology ==
== Ecology ==
The larvae are typically legless, and generally develop feeding on the fluids of rotting wood, likely vomiting digestive enzymes into the wood to break apart the fungal hypae{{typo help inline|reason=similar to hypate|date=November 2022}}, moving using their shovel shaped heads to force apart the wood. Adults, which are typically found on broken surfaces of trunks and stumps, have a short lifespan and it is unclear whether they feed, though they are capable fliers, and like some other elateroids are capable of clicking.<ref>Muona, Jyrki. "4.5. Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829". ''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. 61-69</ref>
The larvae are typically legless, and generally develop feeding on the fluids of rotting wood, likely vomiting digestive enzymes into the wood to break apart the fungal hyphae, moving using their shovel shaped heads to force apart the wood. Adults, which are typically found on broken surfaces of trunks and stumps, have a short lifespan and it is unclear whether they feed, though they are capable fliers, and like some other elateroids are capable of clicking.<ref>Muona, Jyrki. "4.5. ''Eucnemidae Eschscholtz'', 1829". ''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. 61–69</ref>


== Taxonomy ==
== Taxonomy ==
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* †''[[Cenomana]]'' <small>Otto, 2019</small> – [[Burmese amber]], Myanmar, Late Cretaceous ([[Cenomanian]])
* †''[[Cenomana]]'' <small>Otto, 2019</small> – [[Burmese amber]], Myanmar, Late Cretaceous ([[Cenomanian]])
* †''[[Lissantauga]]'' <small>Poinar 2013</small> – [[Dominican amber]], [[Miocene]]
* †''[[Lissantauga]]'' <small>Poinar 2013</small> – [[Dominican amber]], [[Miocene]]
* †''[[Muonabuntor]]'' <small>Li, Tihelka & Cai, 2020</small><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Yan-Da|last2=Tihelka|first2=Erik|last3=Liu|first3=Zhen-Hua|last4=Huang|first4=Diying|last5=Cai|first5=Chen-Yang|date=2020-08-31|title=Muonabuntor gen. nov., a new genus of false click beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Eucnemidae)|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343987459|journal=Palaeoentomology|volume=3|issue=4|pages=399–406|doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.4.12|issn=2624-2834}}</ref> – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
* †''[[Muonabuntor]]'' <small>Li, Tihelka & Cai, 2020</small><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Yan-Da|last2=Tihelka|first2=Erik|last3=Liu|first3=Zhen-Hua|last4=Huang|first4=Diying|last5=Cai|first5=Chen-Yang|date=2020-08-31|title=''Muonabuntor gen. nov.'', a new genus of false click beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Eucnemidae)|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343987459|journal=Palaeoentomology|volume=3|issue=4|pages=399–406|doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.4.12|issn=2624-2834}}</ref> – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian


== References ==
== References ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190546/http://pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?search=Eucnemidae Discover Life]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190546/http://pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?search=Eucnemidae Discover Life]
* J. F. Lawrence, A. M. Hastings, M. J. Dallwitz, T. A. Paine and E. J. Zurcher [http://delta-intkey.com/elateria/www/eucn.htm Elateriformia (Coleoptera)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609182557/http://delta-intkey.com/elateria/www/eucn.htm |date=2012-06-09 }}
* J. F. Lawrence, A. M. Hastings, M. J. Dallwitz, T. A. Paine and E. J. Zurcher [http://delta-intkey.com/elateria/www/eucn.htm Elateriformia (Coleoptera)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609182557/http://delta-intkey.com/elateria/www/eucn.htm |date=2012-06-09 }}
* [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/test/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Eucnemidae.txt SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD]
* [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/test/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Eucnemidae.txt "Synopsis of the Described Coleoptera of the World"]
* Muona, J. 1993. Review of the phylogeny, classification and biology of the family Eucnemidae (Coleoptera). Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement No. 44, 133 pp.
* Muona, J. 1993. Review of the phylogeny, classification and biology of the family Eucnemidae (Coleoptera). Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement No. 44, 133 pp.



Revision as of 06:16, 30 November 2022

Eucnemidae
Temporal range: Tithonian–Recent
Dirrhagofarsus lewisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Eucnemidae
Eschscholtz, 1829
Genera
See text
Synonyms
  • Phylloceridae Reitter, 1905
  • Melasidae Leach, 1817
  • Perothopidae Lacordaire, 1857

Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles including about 1700 species distributed worldwide.

Description

Closely related to the family Elateridae, specimens of Eucnemidae can reach a length of 2–30 mm (0.079–1.181 in). Bodies are slightly flattened and convex. The upper surfaces of the body usually has hairs, setae or scales.

Ecology

The larvae are typically legless, and generally develop feeding on the fluids of rotting wood, likely vomiting digestive enzymes into the wood to break apart the fungal hyphae, moving using their shovel shaped heads to force apart the wood. Adults, which are typically found on broken surfaces of trunks and stumps, have a short lifespan and it is unclear whether they feed, though they are capable fliers, and like some other elateroids are capable of clicking.[1]

Taxonomy

Subfamilies

Fossil genera

References

  1. ^ Muona, Jyrki. "4.5. Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829". 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. 61–69
  2. ^ Li, Yan-Da; Tihelka, Erik; Liu, Zhen-Hua; Huang, Diying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2020-08-31). "Muonabuntor gen. nov., a new genus of false click beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Eucnemidae)". Palaeoentomology. 3 (4): 399–406. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.4.12. ISSN 2624-2834.