Pterogeniidae Explained

Pterogeniidae is a family of beetles belonging to the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. They are found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Adults and larvae have been found associated with the fruiting bodies of polypore fungi, although adults can also be found in litter and debris.^[1]

Taxonomy

Genera in the family include: ^{[2] [3]}

• Histanocerus Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
• Pterogenius Sri Lanka.
• Kryptogenius India and Southeast Asia
• Tychogenius Borneo
• Katagenius (from southern India)
• Laenagenius China
• Anogenius Malay Peninsula

References

1. Lawrence, John F.. "11.3. Pterogeniidae Crowson, 1953". 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. 501-504.
2. 3999849 . The Family Pterogeniidae, with Notes on the Phylogeny of the Heteromera . Lawrence . John F. . The Coleopterists Bulletin . 1977 . 31 . 1 . 25–56 .
3. Burckhardt. Daniel. Löbl. Ivan. 1992. A review of the Pterogeniidae (Coleoptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. en. 104. 3. 243–291. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1992.tb00924.x.

External links

• http://nomen.at/Tenebrionoidea