Agapytho

Agapytho is the only genus of beetles in the family Agapythidae. The genus contains a single species, Agapytho foveicollis, which is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2][3][4] Larvae and adults are found on sooty mold growing on Nothofagus trees. Gut contents indicate that at least adult Agapytho consume the sooty mould as part of their diet.[5][6]

Agapytho
Agapytho foveicollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Agapythidae
Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969
Genus: Agapytho
Broun, 1921
Species:
A. foveicollis
Binomial name
Agapytho foveicollis
Broun, 1921
Drawing by Des Helmore

References
  1. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  2. "Agapytho". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  3. Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Ślipiński, S.A. (2005). "Classification of basal Cucujoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga): cladistic analysis, keys and review of new families". Invertebrate Systematics. Csiro Publishing. 19 (1): 17. doi:10.1071/IS04007.
  4. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  5. Gimmel, Matthew L.; Szawaryn, Karol; Cai, Chenyang; Leschen, Richard A. B. (2019-12-18). "Mesozoic sooty mould beetles as living relicts in New Zealand". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1917): 20192176. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.2176. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 6939926. PMID 31847777.
  6. Leschen, Richard A. B.; Lawrence, John F. (2010-12-31), Kükenthal, Willy; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Lawrence, John F. (eds.), "10.11. Agapythidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969", Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), DE GRUYTER, pp. 334–336, doi:10.1515/9783110911213.334, ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5, retrieved 2022-10-02


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