Jacobsoniidae

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Jacobsoniidae
Saphophagus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Bostrichiformia
Superfamily: Bostrichoidea
Family: Jacobsoniidae
Heller, 1926

Jacobsoniidae is a family of beetles. The larvae and adults live under bark, in plant litter, fungi, bat guano and rotten wood.[1] It is a small family with 21 species in three genera: [2]

  • Genus Sarothrias Grouvelle, 1918
    • Sarothrias amabilis Slipinski & Lobl, 1995
    • Sarothrias audax Slipinski & Lobl, 1995
    • Sarothrias bournei Slipinski, 1986
    • Sarothrias crowsoni Lobl & Burckhardt, 1988
    • Sarothrias dimerus (Heller, 1926)
    • Sarothrias eximius Grouvelle, 1918
    • Sarothrias fijianus Lobl & Burckhardt, 1988
    • Sarothrias hygrophilus Pal, 1998
    • Sarothrias indicus Dajoz, 1978
    • Sarothrias lawrencei Lobl & Burckhardt, 1988
    • Sarothrias morokanus Poggi, 1991
    • Sarothrias pacificus Slipinski & Lobl, 1995
    • Sarothrias papuanus Slipinski, 1986
  • Genus Saphophagus Sharp, 1886
    • Saphophagus minutus Sharp, 1886
  • Genus Derolathus Sharp, 1908
    • Derolathus anophthalmus (Franz, 1969)
    • Derolathus atomus Sharp, 1908
    • Derolathus ceylonicus (Sen Gupta, 1979)
    • Derolathus insularis (Dajoz, 1973)
    • Derolathus parvulus (Rucker, 1983)
    • Derolathus sharpi Grouvelle, 1912
    • Derolathus troglophilus (Sen Gupta, 1979)

References

  1. Michael A. Ivie (2002). Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas, ed. American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2 of American Beetles. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0. 
  2. Hava, J. & Lobl, I. (2005). "A world catalogue of the family Jacobsoniidae (Coleoptera)." Studies and Reports of District Museum Prague-East. Taxonomical Series 1. 1 (1-2): 89-94.

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