Anamorphidae Explained
Anamorphidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, formerly included within the family Endomychidae.[1] They are found worldwide. Like enchomyids, they are fungivores, with adult and larval stages thought to exclusively consume fungal spores.[2]
Genera
After[3]
- Aclemmysa Reitter, 1904
- Acritosoma Pakaluk and Slipinski, 1995
- Afralexia Strohecker, 1967
- Anagaricophilus Arrow, 1922
- Anamorphus LeConte, 1878
- Anamycetaea Strohecker, 1975c
- Asymbius Gorham, 1896
- Austroclemmus Strohecker, 1953a
- Baeochelys Strohecker, 1974b
- Bryodryas Strohecker, 1974d
- Bystodes Strohecker, 1953a
- Bystus Guérin-Méneville, 1857
- Catapotia Thomson, 1860
- Clemmus Hampe, 1850
- Coryphus Csiki, 1902b
- Cyrtomychus Kolbe, 1910
- Cysalemma Dajoz, 1970b
- Dexialia Sasaji, 1970
- Dialexia Gorham, 1887–99
- Endocoelus Gorham, 1886
- Erotendomychus Lea, 1922
- Exysma Gorham, 1891
- Exysmodes Dajoz, 1970a
- Geoendomychus Lea, 1922
- Idiophyes Blackburn, 1895
- Loeblia Dajoz, 1972a
- Malagaricophilus Strohecker, 1974d
- Micropsephodes Champion, 1913
- Micropsephus Gorham, 1891
- Mychothenus Strohecker, 1953a
- Papuella Strohecker, 1956a
- Pararhymbus Arrow, 1920b
- Parasymbius Arrow, 1920a
- Rhymbillus Reichensperger, 1915
- Rhymbomicrus Casey, 1916
- Symbiotes Redtenbacher, 1847
Extinct genera and a species of Symbiotes are known from Eocene aged Baltic and Bitterfeld amber.[4] Members of the extinct genus Palaeosymbius are known from the Late Cretaceous amber from Myanmar.[5]
Further reading
- Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
- Book: Kellogg . Vernon L.. 1905. American insects. H. Holt.
- Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd Edition. 0-8493-0212-9.
- Book: Leng . Charles W.. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr..
- Book: Crotch . G.R.. 1873. Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
- Book: Capinera . John L.. 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 978-1402062421.
- Book: Gillott. Cedric. 1980. Entomology. Plenum Press. 0-306-40366-8. registration.
- Book: Donald J. Borror. Roger Tory Peterson. Richard E. White. 1998. A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.
- Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
- Book: Papp . Charles S.. 1984. Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
- Book: White . Richard E.. 1983. Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
Notes and References
- Robertson . James A. . Ślipiński . Adam . Moulton . Matthew . Shockley . Floyd W. . Giorgi . Adriano . Lord . Nathan P. . Mckenna . Duane D. . Tomaszewska . Wioletta . Forrester . Juanita . Miller . Kelly B. . Whiting . Michael F. . Mchugh . Joseph V. . October 2015 . Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia): Systematics of Cucujoidea and Coccinelloidea . Systematic Entomology . en . 40 . 4 . 745–778 . 10.1111/syen.12138. 55206626 .
- Tomaszewska, Wioletta. "10.32. Endomychidae Leach, 1815". 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. 442-454.
- Shockley . F. W. . Tomaszewska . K. W. . Mchugh . J. V. . 2009-02-04 . An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae) . Zootaxa . 1999 . 1 . 1–113 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1999.1.1 . 1175-5334.
- Alekseev . Vitalii I. . Tomaszewska . Wioletta . 2018 . New handsome fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Anamorphidae, Endomychidae) from European amber of the Upper Eocene . Palaeontologia Electronica . 21 . 1 . 10.26879/832. free .
- Arriaga-Varela . Emmanuel . Szawaryn . Karol . Zhou . Yu-Lingzi . Bruthansová . Jana . Li . Yan-Da . Tomaszewska . Wioletta . 2024 . Early evolution of Anamorphidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea): the oldest known anamorphid beetles from Upper Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar and the first report of potential glandular pores in the family . Cladistics . 10.1111/cla.12576 . 38573084 .
