Mesocoelopodinae is a subfamily of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least 4 genera and 100 described species in Mesocoelopodinae.[1][2][3][4][5]

Mesocoelopodinae
Mesocoelopus collaris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ptinidae
Subfamily: Mesocoelopodinae
Mulsant & Rey, 1864
Synonyms[1]
  • Mesothinae Portevin, 1931
  • Tricoryninae White, 1971
Tricorynus herbarius
Mesocoelopus niger

The subfamily Mesocoelopodinae, along with Anobiinae and several others, were formerly considered members of the family Anobiidae, but the family name has since been changed to Ptinidae.[5][3][4][2]

Genera

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These four genera belong to the subfamily Mesocoelopodinae:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[6] g = GBIF,[7] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mesocoelopodinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  2. ^ a b c "Mesocoelopodinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  3. ^ a b Bell, Karen Leanne; Philips, T. Keith (2011). "Molecular systematics and evolution of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) and related families" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165: 88–108. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00792.x.
  4. ^ a b Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Bostrichoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea – Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-67-5.
  5. ^ a b Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  6. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  7. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-08-29.

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