Salpingidae or narrow-waisted bark beetles is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea.[1][2] The species are small, about 1.5 – 7 mm in length.[3] The family is globally distributed and consists of about 45 genera and 300 species, which are generally found in the temperate regions of both hemispheres. The family is mainly associated with plants (both living and dead) as well as with ascomycete and hyphomycete fungi. Some members of the family are associated with unusual habitats, like Aegialites and Antarcticodomus, which are found in coastal areas including the intertidal zone, with former feeding on algae.[4]

Salpingidae
Temporal range: Albian–Recent
Sphaeriestes castaneus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Salpingidae
Leach, 1815
Subfamilies

Genera

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These 28 genera belong to the family Salpingidae:[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ environment.gov.au, Salpingidae
  2. ^ "Tenebrionoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
  3. ^ Michael A. Ivie (2002). Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas (ed.). American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2 of American Beetles. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  4. ^ Lawrence, John F., Ślipinśki, Adam, Pollock, Darren A. and Escalona, Hermes. "11.25. Salpingidae Leach, 1815". 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. 722-729
  5. ^ "Salpingidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  6. ^ "Salpingidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.