Ulodidae

Ulodidae
	Drawing of Syrphetodes marginatus
	Larva of Meryx rugosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Tenebrionoidea
Family:	Ulodidae; Pascoe, 1869
Genera
	See text

The Ulodidae are a family of beetles belonging to Tenebrionoidea. They are native to the Southern Hemisphere, with species found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Chile. Larvae and adults are generally found on dead wood or fungus associated with rotting wood, and are mycophagous. There are approximately 40 species in 16 genera.^[1]^[2]

Taxonomy

Arthopus (New Zealand)
Brouniphylax (New Zealand)
Dipsaconia (Australia)
Exohadrus (New Zealand)
Ganyme (Australia)
Meryx (Australia)
Notocerastes (Australia)
Phaennis (Australia)
Pteroderes (Chile)
Syrphetodes (New Zealand)
Trachyderas (Chile)
Trachyderastes (New Caleodonia)
Ulobostrichus (Australia)
Ulocyphaleus (Chile)
Ulodes (Australia)
†Waitomophylax (New Zealand, Holocene)

References

^ Leschen, Richard A. B. and Ślipinśki, Adam. "11.10. Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869". 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. 559-563.
^ Leschen, Richard A. B.; Escalona, Hermes E.; Elgueta, Mario (2016-07-18). "Phylogeny of the Gondwanan beetle family Ulodidae (Tenebrionoidea)". Zootaxa. 4138 (3): 441. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27470774.

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[1] Leschen, Richard A. B. and Ślipinśki, Adam. "11.10. Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869". 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. 559-563.

[2] Leschen, Richard A. B.; Escalona, Hermes E.; Elgueta, Mario (2016-07-18). "Phylogeny of the Gondwanan beetle family Ulodidae (Tenebrionoidea)". Zootaxa. 4138 (3): 441. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27470774.

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