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Throscidae
Sign in to saveThroscidae is a family of elateroid beetles found worldwide (except New Zealand) with around 150 species in 5 extant genera. The larvae are soil-dwelling, siphoning fluid from mycorrhizae attached to trees. The adults are short-lived, with the adult males being noted for a complex mating dance. Like some other elateroids, they are capable of clicking.
Species
small false click beetles
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyThroscidae
Тросциды, или лжещелкуны[источник не указан 857 дней] (лат. Throscidae), — семейство насекомых из надсемейства элатероидных подотряда разноядных жуков.
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- 17
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- Throscidae
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- Recorded in
- Mexico
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- Parent taxon
- Elateroidea
- Image
- Throscus dermestoides.jpg
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Throscidae is a family of elateroid beetles found worldwide (except New Zealand) with around 150 species in 5 extant genera. The larvae are soil-dwelling, siphoning fluid from mycorrhizae attached to trees. The adults are short-lived, with the adult males being noted for a complex mating dance. Like some other elateroids, they are capable of clicking.
==Genera== Aulonothroscus Horn, 1890 Cryptophthalma Cobos, 1982 Pactopus LeConte, 1868 Potergus Bonvouloir, 1871 Trixagus Kugelann, 1794
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