Promecheilidae Explained
Promecheilidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. Perimylopidae is considered a synonym.[1] They are found in southern South America and associated archipelagos like South Georgia and the Falklands, New Zealand and Tasmania.[2] Some species are associated tree ferns and moss-covered dead wood, and other forested habitats, while others are associated with peat bogs, grasslands and coastal habitats. They are probably phytophagus, feeding on lichen, moss, and other plant material.[3]
Adult beetles have an 11 segmented antenna, the head is narrowed behind the eye. They have a tarsal formula of 5-5-4. The family is part of a clade that includes the Archeocrypticidae, Mycetophagidae, and Ulodidae.[4]
Genera
Genera in the family Promecheilidae include:
- Chanopterus Boheman, 1858 (Tierra del Fuego)
- Hydromedion Waterhouse, 1876 (Tierra del Fuego and South Georgia)
- Melytra Pascoe, 1869 (Tasmania)
- Onysius Broun, 1886 (New Zealand, formerly placed in Chalcodryidae)
- Parahelops Waterhouse, 1876 (southern Argentina and Chile, Falklands)
- Perimylops Müller, 1884 (South Georgia)
- Promecheilus Solier, 1851,2018 (Chile)
- Pseudodarwinella Ukrainsky, 2009 (=Darwinella Enderlein, 1912) (Falklands)
- Sirrhas Champion, 1893 (Tasmania)
Further reading
Notes and References
- 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1967.tb00545.x. The families Perimylopidae and Dacoderidae (Coleoptera, Heteromera). 2009. Watt. J. C.. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy. 36. 7–8. 109–118.
- Lawrence . John F. . Leschen . Richard A. B. . Zaitsev . Artem . 2020-03-25 . Onysius Broun: The First New Zealand Genus of Promecheilidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) . The Coleopterists Bulletin . 74 . 1 . 27 . 10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.27 . 214736157 . 0010-065X.
- Lawrence, John F., Ślipinśki, Adam and Elgueta, Mario. "11.11. Promecheilidae Lacordaire 1859". 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. 563-567.
- Gunter. Nicole L.. Levkaničová. Zuzana. Weir. Tom H.. Ślipiński. Adam. Cameron. Stephen L.. Bocak. Ladislav. 2014. Towards a phylogeny of the Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. en. 79. 305–312. 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.028. 25053567. subscription.