Leiodidae
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The Leiodidae are a family of beetles within the superfamily of the Staphylinoidea . Originally it only included the sponge ball beetles , which are now grouped together in the subfamily Leiodinae. Other beetle families such as the nest beetles , the colonist beetles and the fur flea beetles have been incorporated into the family Leiodidae as subfamilies over time.
features
The Leiodidae are all very small beetles. They reach a length between just under one and a maximum of seven millimeters in length. In many cases, their eyes are reduced or completely absent, which has to do with the hidden, sometimes subterranean way of life of most species. Many species are flightless, they have lost their hind wings in the course of tribal history. The color is inconspicuous, light brown to translucent.
distribution
Most of the subfamilies of the Leiodidae are distributed worldwide, with a main focus on the northern hemisphere in the Holarctic region.
Systematics
After a revision by Al Newton in 1998, the family Leiodidae is divided into six subfamilies. These subfamilies used to be separate families and many authors continue to keep them as families.
Subfamilies and selected genera and species:
- Subfamily Camiarinae (28 genera, probably not monophyletic )
- Afropelasia
- Agyrtodes Portevin, 1907
- Agyrtolasia
- Alsobius
- Paragyrtodes Szymczakowski, 1966
- Zenocolon
- Subfamily Catopocerinae (4 genera)
- Catopocerus Motschulsky, 1870
- Perkovskius Lafer, 1989
- Pinodyte's Horn, 1880
- Glacicavicola Westcott, 1968
- Subfamily Cholevinae (nest beetles) (more than 326 genera and subgenera)
- Catops ( Paykull, 1798 )
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Choleva ( Latreille, 1796 )
- Segeberger cave beetle ( Choleva septentrionis holsatica )
- Nargus ( Thomson, 1867 )
- Parabathyscia ( Jeannel, 1908 )
- Ptomaphagus ( Illiger, 1798 )
- Sciodrepoides ( Hatch, 1933 )
- Subfamily Coloninae (colonist beetles ) (11 genera and subgenera)
- Colon ( autumn, 1797 )
- Colonellus ( Szymczakowski, 1964 )
- Subfamily Leiodinae (Sponge Ball Beetle ) (77 genera and subgenera)
- Agathidium ( Panzer, 1797 )
- Aglyptinus ( Cockerell, 1906 )
- Amphicyllis ( Erichson, 1845 )
- Anisotoma ( Panzer, 1796 )
- Colenis ( Erichson, 1842 )
- Leiodes ( Latreille, 1796 )
- Subfamily Platypsyllinae (fur flea beetles) (4 genera)
- Leptinillus Horn, 1882
- Leptinus Müller, 1817
- Platypsyllus Ritsema, 1869
- Silphopsyllus Olsufiev, 1923
Individual evidence
- ^ AF Newton: Phylogenetic problems, current classification and generic catalog of world Leiodidae (including Cholevidae). Phylogeny and Evolution of Subterranean and Endogean Cholevidae (= Leiodidae Cholevinae). Proceedings of XX International Congress of Entomology Firenze, 1996. Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino 1998, pp. 41-177, 1998
literature
- J. Fleming: Insecta. In: Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 5. pp. 41–56, Constable, Edinburgh 1821 (first description)
