Lophocateridae Explained

Lophocateridae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cleroidea, formerly included in the Trogossitidae. Members of the group have a variety of ecologies, including as predators of other insects, as fungivores, or are phytophagous.^[1]

Genera

• Afrocyrona Kolibáč
• Ancyrona Reitter, 1876
• Antillipeltis Lawrence, Leschen & Slipinski, 2014
• Colydiopeltis Slipinski
• Eronyxa Reitter, 1876
• Grynocharina Reitter
• Grynocharis Thomson, 1859
• Grynoma Sharp
• Indopeltis Crowson, 1966
• Leptonyxa Reitter
• Lophocateres Olliff, 1883
• Lycoptis Casey, 1890
• Neaspis Pascoe
• Parapeltis Slipinski
• Peltonyxa Reitter
• Promanus Sharp, 1877
• Trichocateres Kolibác, 2010
• †Sinosoronia Zhang 1992 Laiyang Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• †Mesolophocateres Yu, Leschen & Ślipiński 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †Parayixianteres Yu, Leschen & Ślipiński 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Notes and References

1. Kolibac . Jiri . 2013-12-31 . Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys . ZooKeys . en . 366 . 1–194 . 10.3897/zookeys.366.6172 . 1313-2970. free . 24453569 . 3890666 . 2013ZooK..366....1K .