Rentoniidae

Rentoniidae
	Drawing of Rentonidium costiventris
	Rentonium bicolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Cleroidea
Family:	Rentoniidae; Crowson, 1966
Genera[1]
	See text
Synonyms
	Rentoniinae

Rentoniidae is a family of beetles belonging to Cleroidea. The species were originally included in the family Trogossitidae. They are around 1–2 mm in length, with spherical bodies. Members of the family are native to the Southern Hemisphere, being found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and South America.[2] They have been found on flowers, under the bark of dead trees, and in leaf litter, and members are known to be pollenivorous or fungivorous.[1][3]

Genera

Australiodes Endrödy-Younga, 1960, New Zealand
Globorentonium Lawrence & Slipinski, 2013 Australia, southern Brazil
Parentonium Crowson, 1970 Australia
Rentonellum Crowson, 1966 Brazil, New Zealand
Rentonidium Crowson, 1966 New Zealand
Rentonium Crowson, 1966 Chile, New Zealand

An undescribed species is also known from New Caledonia.[2]

References

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.
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.
Gimmel, Matthew L.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (2014-04-26). "A new species of mycophagous Rentonium (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Trogossitidae) based on larvae and adults, and a catalogue of Rentoniinae". Journal of Natural History. 48 (15–16): 863–880. doi:10.1080/00222933.2013.839846. ISSN 0022-2933. S2CID 85161874.

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[:1-1] 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.

[:0-2] 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.

[3] Gimmel, Matthew L.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (2014-04-26). "A new species of mycophagous Rentonium (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Trogossitidae) based on larvae and adults, and a catalogue of Rentoniinae". Journal of Natural History. 48 (15–16): 863–880. doi:10.1080/00222933.2013.839846. ISSN 0022-2933. S2CID 85161874.