Cavognathidae

Cavognathidae is a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cucujoidea.[1][2] It contains a single genus, Taphropiestes (Reitter 1875) (= Neocercus Broun, 1921, Cavognatha Crowson 1964 and Zeonidicola Crowson, 1973) with around a dozen species known from South America, Australia and New Zealand.[3] In Australian and New Zealand species adults and larvae have been found living in bird nests, but their ecology is unclear, but they are possibly scavengers.[4]

Cavognathidae
Taphropiestes electa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Cavognathidae
Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966

References
  1. "Australian Faunal Directory". Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
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  3. Slipinski, Adam; Tomaszewska, Wioletta (2010). "Revision of the family Cavognathidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 49 (3): 256–267. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2010.00762.x. ISSN 1440-6055.
  4. Ślipinśki, Adam; Tomaszewska, Wioletta (2010-12-31), Kükenthal, Willy; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Lawrence, John F. (eds.), "10.17. Cavognathidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966", Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), DE GRUYTER, pp. 357–360, doi:10.1515/9783110911213.357, ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5, retrieved 2022-10-02


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