Eucnemidae
| Eucnemidae Temporal range:
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| Euryostus reichei from New Guinea. Mounted specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Elateroidea |
| Family: | Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 |
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The Eucnemidae, false click beetles, are a family of polyphagan 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.
Biology
Adults can usually be found in forests, on branches or under the bark of trees, especially in the abundance of dead wood. The larvae live in dead wood, but also in hard seasoned wood. Some species are soil-dwelling, living and feeding on the roots of dead trees.
Subfamilies
- Anischiinae Fleutiaux, 1936
- Eucneminae Eschscholtz, 1829
- Macraulacinae Fleutiaux, 1922
- Melasinae Leach, 1817
- Palaeoxeninae Muona, 1993
- Perothopinae Lacordaire, 1857 - perothopid beetles
- Phlegoninae Muona, 1993
- Phyllocerinae Reitter, 1905
- Pseudomeninae Muona, 1993
Fossil genera
- †Beattieellus Oberprieler et al. 2016 Talbragar Fossil Bed, Australia, Tithonian
- †Cenomana Otto, 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- †Lissantauga Poinar 2013 Dominican amber, Miocene
- †Muonabuntor Li , Tihelka & Cai, 2020[1] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
References
- ^ 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.
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- J. F. Lawrence, A. M. Hastings, M. J. Dallwitz, T. A. Paine and E. J. Zurcher Elateriformia (Coleoptera)
- 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.