Promecheilidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea.[1][2] Perimylopidae is considered a synonym.[3] They are found in southern South America and associated archipelagos like South Georgia and the Falklands, New Zealand and Tasmania.[4][5] Some species are associated tree ferns and moss-covered dead wood, and other forested habitats, while others are associated with peat bogs, grasslands and coastal habitats. They are probably phytophagus, feeding on lichen, moss, and other plant material.[5]
| Promecheilidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Specimen of Onysius anomalus | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Promecheilidae Lacordaire, 1859 |
| Synonyms | |
|
Perimylopidae St. George, 1939 | |
Adult beetles have an 11 segmented antenna, the head is narrowed behind the eye. They have a tarsal formula of 5-5-4.[3] The family is part of a clade that includes the Archeocrypticidae, Mycetophagidae, and Ulodidae.[6]
Genera
editGenera in the family Promecheilidae include:[7][1]
- Chanopterus Boheman, 1858 (Tierra del Fuego)
- Hydromedion Waterhouse, 1876 (Tierra del Fuego and South Georgia)
- Melytra Pascoe, 1869 (Tasmania)
- Onysius Broun, 1886 (New Zealand, formerly placed in Chalcodryidae)[4]
- Parahelops Waterhouse, 1876 (southern Argentina and Chile, Falklands)
- Perimylops Müller, 1884 (South Georgia)
- Promecheilus Solier, 1851,2018 (Chile)
- Pseudodarwinella Ukrainsky, 2009 (=Darwinella Enderlein, 1912) (Falklands)
- Sirrhas Champion, 1893 (Tasmania)
References
edit- ^ a b "Promecheilidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- ^ a b Watt, J. C. (2009). "The families Perimylopidae and Dacoderidae (Coleoptera, Heteromera)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy. 36 (7–8): 109–118. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1967.tb00545.x.
- ^ a b Lawrence, John F.; Leschen, Richard A. B.; Zaitsev, Artem (2020-03-25). "Onysius Broun: The First New Zealand Genus of Promecheilidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 74 (1): 27. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.27. ISSN 0010-065X. S2CID 214736157.
- ^ a b Lawrence, John F., Ślipinśki, Adam and Elgueta, Mario. "11.11. Promecheilidae Lacordaire 1859". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 563-567.
- ^ Gunter, Nicole L.; Levkaničová, Zuzana; Weir, Tom H.; Ślipiński, Adam; Cameron, Stephen L.; Bocak, Ladislav (2014). "Towards a phylogeny of the Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 305–312. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.028. PMID 25053567.
- ^ Seago, Ainsley; Lawrence, J.F.; Slipinski, A. (2014). "Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys". Systematic Entomology. 40: 288–289. doi:10.1111/syen.12104.
Further reading
edit- Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Sikes, D. (2013). "Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska". ZooKeys (360): 1–44. doi:10.3897/zookeys.360.4742. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3867111. PMID 24363590.
- Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38811. ISBN 978-0665070778.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.