Glaphyridae Explained

Glaphyridae is a family of beetles, commonly known as bumble bee scarab beetles. There are eight extant genera with about 80 species distributed worldwide^[1] and two extinct genera described from the Aptian aged Yixian Formation of China.^{[2] [3]} There are cases of flower-beetle interactions, in the southeast Mediterranean region between red bowl-shaped flowers and Glaphyridae beetles.^[4]

See also

• List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera
• Pygopleurus hirsutus

External links

• Generic guide to New world Scarab Beetles

Notes and References

1. Book: Michael A. Ivie . American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea . Volume 2 of American Beetles . Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas . . 2002 . 978-0-8493-0954-0.
2. G. V. Nikolajev . D. Ren . 2012 . New species of the genus Lithohypna Nikolajev, Wang et Zhang, 2011 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Glaphyridae) from the Yixian Formation, China . Euroasian Entomological Journal . 11 . 3 . 209–211 .
3. Hongyun Zhao . Ming Bai . Chungkun Shih . Dong Ren . 2016 . Two new glaphyrids (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Jehol Biota, China . Cretaceous Research . 59 . 1–9 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.026 . 2016CrRes..59....1Z .
4. 10.1007/s00359-012-0722-5. Evidence of red sensitive photoreceptors in Pygopleurus israelitus (Glaphyridae: Coleoptera) and its implications for beetle pollination in the southeast Mediterranean. 2012. Martínez-Harms. J.. Vorobyev. M.. Schorn. J.. Shmida. A.. Keasar. T.. Homberg. U.. Schmeling. F.. Menzel. R.. 16701563. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 198. 6. 451–463. 22526111.