Promecheilidae

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

Onysius anomalus

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]

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

Genera 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 (=DarwinellaEnderlein, 1912) (Falklands)
• Sirrhas Champion, 1893 (Tasmania)

References

1. "Promecheilidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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

• 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.