Superfamily of beetles
Histeroidea
Temporal range: Aptian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N |
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Hister unicolor |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
Superfamily: | Histeroidea Gyllenhaal, 1808 |
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Histeroidea is a superfamily of beetles in the infraorder Staphyliniformia.
Characteristics
Characteristic to Histeroidea are an accessory posterior ridge (locking device) behind the hind margin and presence of medial loop and apical hinge of wing. The elytra are truncate with 1 or 2 abdominal segments visible. The abdominal 8th segment is completely invaginated in the 7th segment. Each antenna has 8 (seldom 7) segments preceding a club of fused segments. The ventral body surface is glabrous.[1]
Ecology
Histeroids in general are predators. However, Sphaeritidae is believed to only be predatory in the larval stage, with its adults being saprophagous instead.[2]
This superfamily occurs in various habitats. The Histeridae alone can be found in dung, carrion, fungi, leaf litter, in symbiosis with other animals (e.g. social insects), under tree bark or in galleries of wood-boring beetles.[2]
Systematics
Some authors treat Histeroidea as a single family within the superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Hydrophiloidea sensu lato), as they seem to form a clade.[3] Three extant families are currently recognized:
Sphaeritidae and Synteiidae each contain just a single genus: Sphaerites and Syntelia, respectively. This makes both families monotypic.
The oldest fossils of the superfamily are Cretohister and Antigracilus from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Yixian Formation of China, which are more closely related to Histeridae than the other two families.[4][5]
References
- ^ Hansen, M. Phylogeny and classification of the staphyliniform beetle families (Coleoptera). Biologiske Skrifter, Copenhagen, 1997
- ^ a b Caterino, Michael S.; Vogler, Alfried P. (2002). "The phylogeny of the Histeroidea (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia)". Cladistics. 18 (4): 394–415. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2002.tb00158.x. ISSN 0748-3007. PMID 34911218. S2CID 85715816.
- ^ Beutel, Rolf G.; Leschen, Richard A. B. (October 2005). "Phylogenetic analysis of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera) based on characters of larvae and adults". Systematic Entomology. 30 (4): 510–548. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00293.x. S2CID 83794876.
- ^ Zhou, Yu-Lingzi; Caterino, Michael S.; Ślipiński, Adam; Cai, Chen-Yang (October 2018). "Cretohisteridae, a new beetle family from the Early Cretaceous of China, and its implications for the early evolution of the basal group of Histeroidea (Coleoptera): Cretohisteridae and early evolution of Histeroidea". Systematic Entomology. 43 (4): 716–728. doi:10.1111/syen.12300. S2CID 89748522.
- ^ Zhou, Yu‐Lingzi; Caterino, Michael S.; Ren, Dong; Ślipiński, Adam (October 2020). "Phylogeny and evolution of Mesozoic and extant lineages of Histeridae (Coleoptera), with discovery of a new subfamily Antigracilinae from the Lower Cretaceous". Cladistics. 36 (5): 521–539. doi:10.1111/cla.12418. ISSN 0748-3007. PMID 34618954. S2CID 222013793.
External links
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- Crowsoniellidae (Crowsoniella relicta)
- Cupedidae (reticulated beetles)
- Jurodidae (Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae)
- Micromalthidae
- Ommatidae
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Extant families | - Amphizoidae (trout-stream beetles)
- Aspidytidae
- Carabidae (ground beetles)
- Cicindelidae (tiger beetles)
- Dytiscidae (predaceous diving beetles)
- Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles)
- Haliplidae (crawling water beetles)
- Hygrobiidae
- Meruidae (Meru phyllisae)
- Noteridae (burrowing water beetles)
- Trachypachidae (false ground beetles)
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Bostrichiformia | Bostrichoidea | - Bostrichidae (auger beetles)
- Dermestidae (skin beetles)
- Endecatomidae
- Jacobsoniidae (Jacobson's beetles)
- Nosodendridae (wounded-tree beetles)
- Ptiniidae (furniture beetles, death watch beetles, spider beetles)
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Derodontoidea | - Derodontidae (tooth-necked fungus beetles)
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Cucujiformia | Chrysomeloidea | |
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Cleroidea | |
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Coccinelloidea | |
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Cucujoidea | |
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Curculionoidea (weevils) | - Anthribidae (fungus weevils)
- Attelabidae (leaf-rolling weevils)
- Belidae (primitive weevils)
- Brentidae (straight snout weevils, New York weevil)
- Caridae
- Curculionidae (true weevils, bark beetles, ambrosia beetles)
- Nemonychidae (pine flower weevils)
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Lymexyloidea | - Lymexylidae (ship-timber beetles)
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Tenebrionoidea | - Aderidae (ant-like leaf beetles)
- Anthicidae (ant-like flower beetles)
- Archeocrypticidae (cryptic fungus beetles)
- Boridae (conifer bark beetles)
- Chalcodryidae
- Ciidae (minute tree-fungus beetles)
- Melandryidae (false darkling beetles)
- Meloidae (blister beetles)
- Mordellidae (tumbling flower beetles)
- Mycetophagidae (hairy fungus beetles)
- Mycteridae (palm and flower beetles)
- Oedemeridae (false blister beetle)
- Perimylopidae, or Promecheilidae
- Prostomidae (jugular-horned beetles)
- Pterogeniidae
- Pyrochroidae (fire-coloured beetles)
- Pythidae (dead log bark beetles)
- Ripiphoridae (wedge-shaped beetles)
- Salpingidae (narrow-waisted bark beetles)
- Scraptiidae (false flower beetles)
- Stenotrachelidae (false longhorn beetles)
- Synchroidae (synchroa bark beetles)
- Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)
- Tetratomidae (polypore fungus beetles)
- Trictenotomidae
- Ulodidae
- Zopheridae (ironclad beetles, cylindrical bark beetles)
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Elateriformia | Buprestoidea | - Buprestidae (jewel beetles, or metallic wood-boring beetles)
- Schizopodidae
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Byrrhoidea | - Byrrhidae (pill beetles)
- Callirhipidae (cedar beetles)
- Chelonariidae (turtle beetles)
- Cneoglossidae
- Dryopidae (long-toed water beetles)
- Elmidae (riffle beetles)
- Eulichadidae (forest stream beetles)
- Heteroceridae (variegated mud-loving beetles)
- Limnichidae (minute mud beetles)
- Lutrochidae (travertine beetles)
- Psephenidae (water-penny beetles)
- Ptilodactylidae
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Dascilloidea | - Dascillidae (soft bodied plant beetles)
- Rhipiceridae (cicada beetle, cicada parasite beetles)
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Elateroidea | - Artematopodidae (soft-bodied plant beetles)
- Brachypsectridae (Texas beetles)
- Cantharidae (soldier beetles)
- Cerophytidae (rare click beetles)
- Elateridae (click beetles)
- Eucnemidae (false click beetles)
- Jurasaidae
- Lampyridae (fireflies)
- Lycidae (net-winged beetles)
- Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles)
- Phengodidae (glowworm beetles)
- Rhagophthalmidae
- Sinopyrophoridae
- Throscidae (false metallic wood-boring beetles)
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Rhinorhipoidea | - Rhinorhipidae (Rhinorhipus tamborinensis)
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Scirtoidea | |
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Scarabaeiformia | Scarabaeoidea | - Belohinidae (Belohina inexpectata)
- Bolboceratidae
- Diphyllostomatidae (false stag beetles)
- Geotrupidae (dor beetles)
- Glaphyridae (bumble bee scarab beetles)
- Glaresidae (enigmatic scarab beetles)
- Hybosoridae (scavenger scarab beetles)
- Lucanidae (stag beetles)
- Ochodaeidae (sand-loving scarab beetles)
- Passalidae (betsy beetles)
- Pleocomidae (rain beetles)
- Scarabaeidae (scarabs)
- Trogidae (hide beetles)
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Staphyliniformia | Histeroidea | - Histeridae (clown beetles)
- Sphaeritidae (false clown beetles)
- Synteliidae
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Hydrophiloidea | |
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Staphylinoidea | - Agyrtidae (primitive carrion beetles)
- Hydraenidae
- Leiodidae (round fungus beetles)
- Ptiliidae (feather-winged beetles)
- Silphidae (carrion beetles)
- Staphylinidae (rove beetles)
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