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Chaetosomatidae
Sign in to saveChaetosomatidae is a small family of beetles, in the superfamily Cleroidea. There are three extant genera, two of which (Chaetosoma and Chaetosomodes) are endemic to New Zealand with the other (Malgassochaetus) native to Madagascar. Members of this family are predaceous on wood-boring insects.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyChaetosomatidae
Латинское название Chaetosomatidae Crowson, 1952 Систематикана Викивидах Изображенияна Викискладе ITIS 678340 Chaetosomatidae Crowson, 1952 — семейство насекомых из отряда жесткокрылых. Содержание 1 Классификация 2 Примечания 3 Литература 4 Ссылки Классификация Относится к группе Cucujiformia и надсемейству Cleroidea. Chaetosoma Westwood, 1851 [nec Chaetosoma Dejean, 1835] Chaetosomodes Broun, 1921 Malgassochaetus Ekis & Menier, 1980 Примечания
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Chaetosomatidae is a small family of beetles, in the superfamily Cleroidea. There are three extant genera, two of which (Chaetosoma and Chaetosomodes) are endemic to New Zealand with the other (Malgassochaetus) native to Madagascar. Members of this family are predaceous on wood-boring insects.
==Taxonomy== Genus Chaetosoma Westwood, 1851 Chaetosoma colossa Opitz, 2010 Chaetosoma scaritides Westwood, 1851 Genus Chaetosomodes Broun, 1921 Chaetosomodes halli Broun, 1921 Genus Malgassochaetus Ekis & Menier, 1980 Malgassochaetus cordicollis (Menier & Ekis, 1982) Malgassochaetus crowsoni Ekis & Menier, 1980 Malgassochaetus descarpentriesi Ekis & Menier, 1980 Malgassochaetus pauliani Ekis & Menier, 1980 Malgassochaetus penicillatus Menier & Ekis, 1982 Malgassochaetus quadraticollis (Menier & Ekis, 1982) Malgassochaetus sogai Menier, 1991 Malgassochaetus viettei Menier & Ekis, 1982 Genetic studies have suggested that Metaxina should also be considered a member of Chaetosomatidae, rather than constituting its own family.
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