Kateretidae

Kateretidae also known as short-winged flower beetles are a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea.^[1][2][3] There are 10 extant and 4 extinct genera, and at least 40 described species.^[4][5][6] They are found worldwide except in New Zealand. Adults are anthophagous, feeding on flowers, while the larvae are spermatophagous inside the flower corolla.^[7]

Kateretidae Temporal range: Barremian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Kateretes pedicularius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Kateretidae Erichson in Agassiz, 1846
Synonyms
Brachypteridae Erichson, 1845

A fossil kateretid, Pelretes, has been described and claimed to have been an pollinator of angiosperms based on it being preserved in amber that also contained angiosperm pollen, much of it in coprolites,^[8] although this interpretation has been questioned.^[9]

Kateretes pusillus

Genera

• Amartus LeConte, 1861 ^{i c g b}
• Anamartus Jelinek, 1976 ^g
• Anthonaeus Horn, 1879 ^{i c g b}
• Boreades Parson, 1943 ^{i c g}
• Brachyleptus Motschulsky, 1845 ^g
• Brachypterolus Grouvelle, 1913 ^{i c g b}
• Brachypterus Kugelann, 1794 ^{i c g b}
• Heterhelus DuVal, 1858 ^{i c g b}
• Kateretes Herbst, 1793 ^{i c g b}
• Neobrachypterus Jelínek, 1979 ^{i c g}
• †Cretaretes Peris and Jelínek 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †Eoceniretes Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2008 ^g
• †Furcalabratum Poinar and Brown, 2018, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Lebanoretes Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[4] c = Catalogue of Life,^[5] g = GBIF,^[6] b = Bugguide.net^[1]

References

1. "Kateretidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
2. Family KATERETIDAE at Australian Faunal Directory
3. Cucujoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants
4. "Kateretidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
5. "Browse Kateretidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
6. "Kateretidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
7. Peris, David; Jelínek, Josef (February 2020). "Syninclusions of two new species of short-winged flower beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae) in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar)". Cretaceous Research. 106: 104264. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104264. S2CID 204258472.
8. Tihelka, Erik; Li, Liqin; Fu, Yanzhe; Su, Yitong; Huang, Diying; Cai, Chenyang (12 April 2021). "Angiosperm pollinivory in a Cretaceous beetle". Nature Plants. 7 (4): 445–451. doi:10.1038/s41477-021-00893-2. ISSN 2055-0278. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
9. Bao, Tong; Wedmann, Sonja; Grímsson, Friðgeir; Beutel, Rolf Georg; Seyfullah, Leyla; Bao, Liang; Jarzembowski, Edmund A. (23 December 2021). "Was the kateretid beetle Pelretes really a Cretaceous angiosperm pollinator?". Nature Plants. 8 (1): 38–40. doi:10.1038/s41477-021-01044-3. ISSN 2055-0278. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

External links

• Media related to Kateretidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Kateretidae at Wikispecies