Protopeltis

Protopeltis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Protopeltidae
Crowson, 1966
Genus: Protopeltis
Crowson, 1964
Type species
Protopeltis viridescens
(Broun, 1886)
Other species

Protopeltis is a genus of beetles. It contains two species native to New Zealand.[1] It was formerly considered a member of Trogossitidae, but is currently placed as the only member of the family Protopeltidae within the Cleroidea.[2] The larvae have been collected from the fungus infested bark of dead Nothofagus trees. Adult gut contents indicate that they are mycophagous, feeding on probably Hymenochaete fungi. This is also presumably true for the larvae.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kolibac, Jiri (2013-12-31). "Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys". ZooKeys (366): 1–194. doi:10.3897/zookeys.366.6172. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3890666. PMID 24453569.
  2. ^ Gimmel, Matthew L.; Bocakova, Milada; Gunter, Nicole L.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (July 2019). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (3): 527–558. doi:10.1111/syen.12338. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 91437400.