Cyclaxyridae
Sign in to saveCyclaxyridae are a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea. The only living genus is Cyclaxyra, with two species endemic to New Zealand. Other species have been named from fossils. They are also known as sooty mould beetles due to the association of Cyclaxyra with sooty mould. The extant species are mycophagous, feeding on spores, conidia, and hyphae.
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It is catalogued under topics including Cucujoidea families and Taxa named by Richard Leschen.
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Cyclaxyridae are a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea. The only living genus is Cyclaxyra, with two species endemic to New Zealand. Other species have been named from fossils. They are also known as sooty mould beetles due to the association of Cyclaxyra with sooty mould. The extant species are mycophagous, feeding on spores, conidia, and hyphae.
== Genera == left|thumb|upright|Neolitochropus Cyclaxyra Broun, 1893, New Zealand, recent Cyclaxyra jelineki Gimmel, 2009 Cyclaxyra politula (Broun, 1881) †Electroxyra Gimmel, Szawaryn, Cai and Leschen, 2019 Electroxyra cretacea (Wu in Wu, Li and Ding, 2018) Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) †Pacyclaxyra Tihelka, Huang and Cai, 2021 Pacyclaxyra azari Tihelka, Huang and Cai, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian †Neolitochropus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky, 2016 Neolitochropus hoffeinsorum Lyubarsky & Perkovsky, 2016 Bitterfeld amber, Rovno amber, Baltic amber, Europe, Eocene
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