Cavognathidae (lat.) - a small family of insects from the order of beetles , numbering 9 species in the same genus Taphropiestes . Larvae and adult beetles live in bird nests [1] .
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 Taphropiestes | ||||||||||||||||
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Distribution
Representatives of the family are common in Australia , New Zealand and South America .
Systematics
- Genus: Taphropiestes Harold, 1875
- Species: T. australis Slipinski et Tomaszewska, 2010
- Species: T. chathamensis ( Watt, 1980)
- Species: T. dumbletoni ( Crowson, 1973)
- Species: T. electus ( Broun, 1921)
- View: T. fusca Reitter, 1875
- View: T. magna Slipinski et Tomaszewska, 2010
- View: T. plaumanni Slipinski et Tomaszewska, 2010
- View: T. pullivora ( Crowson, 1964)
- View: T. watti Slipinski et Tomaszewska, 2010
- Genus: Taphropiestes Harold, 1875
Notes
- ↑ Adam Slipinski, Wioletta Tomaszewska. Revision of the family Cavognathidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) (Eng.) // Australian Journal of Entomology. - 2010 .-- Vol. 49 , iss. 3 . - P. 256–267 . - ISSN 1440-6055 . - DOI : 10.1111 / j.1440-6055.2010.00762.x .
Links
- BioLib Taxon profile - family Cavognathidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966