Ulodidae

Not to be confused with Urodidae.

Ulodidae
Drawing of Syrphetodes marginatus
Larva of Meryx rugosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Tenebrionoidea
Family:	Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869
Genera
See text

Specimen of Syrphetodes marginatus from New Zealand

The Ulodidae are a family of beetles belonging to Tenebrionoidea. They are native to the Southern Hemisphere, with species found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Chile. Larvae and adults are generally found on dead wood or fungus associated with rotting wood, and are mycophagous. There are approximately 40 species in 16 genera. ^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

• Arthopus (New Zealand)
• Brouniphylax (New Zealand)
• Dipsaconia (Australia)
• Exohadrus (New Zealand)
• Ganyme (Australia)
• Meryx (Australia)
• Notocerastes (Australia)
• Phaennis (Australia)
• Pteroderes (Chile)
• Syrphetodes (New Zealand)
• Trachyderas (Chile)
• Trachyderastes (New Caleodonia)
• Ulobostrichus (Australia)
• Ulocyphaleus (Chile)
• Ulodes (Australia)
• † Waitomophylax (New Zealand, Holocene)

References

1. Leschen, Richard A. B. and Ślipinśki, Adam. "11.10. Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869". 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. 559-563.
2. Leschen, Richard A. B.; Escalona, Hermes E.; Elgueta, Mario (2016-07-18). "Phylogeny of the Gondwanan beetle family Ulodidae (Tenebrionoidea)" . Zootaxa. 4138 (3): 441. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.2. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   27470774.