Chalcodryidae

The Chalcodryidae are a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. 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. The genera Sirrhas and Onysius, formerly placed in this family, have subsequently been transferred to Promecheilidae.

==Taxonomy== It contains these genera and species: Genus Chalcodrya Redtenbacher, 1868 Chalcodrya hilaris Watt, 1974 Chalcodrya variegata Redtenbacher, 1868 Genus Philpottia Broun, 1915 Philpottia levinotis Watt, 1974 Philpottia mollis (Broun, 1886) ==References==