Agapytho

Agapytho
Agapytho foveicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Agapythidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969
Genus:	Agapytho Broun, 1921
Species:	A. foveicollis
Binomial name
Agapytho foveicollis Broun, 1921

Drawing by Des Helmore

Agapytho is the only genus of beetles in the family Agapythidae. The genus contains a single species, Agapytho foveicollis, which is endemic to New Zealand. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Larvae and adults are found on sooty mold growing on Nothofagus trees. Gut contents indicate that at least adult Agapytho consume the sooty mould as part of their diet. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2019-01-19.
2. "Agapytho". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
3. Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Ślipiński, S.A. (2005). "Classification of basal Cucujoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga): cladistic analysis, keys and review of new families" . Invertebrate Systematics. 19 (1). Csiro Publishing: 17. doi:10.1071/IS04007.
4. 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.
5. Gimmel, Matthew L.; Szawaryn, Karol; Cai, Chenyang; Leschen, Richard A. B. (2019-12-18). "Mesozoic sooty mould beetles as living relicts in New Zealand". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1917) 20192176. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.2176. ISSN   0962-8452. PMC   6939926 . PMID   31847777.
6. Leschen, Richard A. B.; Lawrence, John F. (2010-12-31), Kükenthal, Willy; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Lawrence, John F. (eds.), "10.11. Agapythidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969" , Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), DE GRUYTER, pp. 334–336, doi:10.1515/9783110911213.334, ISBN   978-3-11-019075-5 , retrieved 2022-10-02