Chalcodryidae
| Chalcodryidae | |
|---|---|
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| Chalcodrya variegata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Chalcodryidae Watt, 1974 |
The Chalcodryidae are a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea.[1][2] It contains at least five species in two genera Chalcodrya and Philpottia, which are endemic to New Zealand. They are generally found associated with moss or lichen covered branches, with the larvae having been found to be associated with dead twigs. They are likely noctural, feeding on lichen and other plant material at night.[3] The genera Sirrhas and Onysius, formerly placed in this family, have subsequently been transferred to Promecheilidae.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]It contains these genera and species:
- Genus Chalcodrya Redtenbacher, 1868[5]
- Chalcodrya hilaris Watt, 1974
- Chalcodrya variegata Redtenbacher, 1868
- Genus Philpottia Broun, 1915[6]
- Philpottia levinotis Watt, 1974
- Philpottia mollis (Broun, 1886)
References
[edit]- ↑ Watt, J. C. (1974). "Chalcodryidae: A new family of heteromerous beetles (Coleoptera: tenebrionoidea)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 4 (1): 19–38. Bibcode:1974JRSNZ...4...19W. doi:10.1080/03036758.1974.10419404.
- ↑ "Tenebrionoidea". Nomen.at - animals and plants. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ↑ Lawrence, John F. and Leschen, Richard A. B.. "11.12. Chalcodryidae Watt, 1974". 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. 567-571.
- ↑ Lawrence, John F.; Leschen, Richard A. B.; Zaitsev, Artem (2020-03-25). "Onysius Broun: The First New Zealand Genus of Promecheilidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 74 (1): 27. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.27. ISSN 0010-065X.
- ↑ "NZOR Name Details - Chalcodrya". www.nzor.org.nz. Archived from the original on 2025-05-17. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
- ↑ "NZOR Name Details - Philpottia Broun, 1915". www.nzor.org.nz. Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
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