Throscidae

Throscidae is a family of elateroid beetles found worldwide (except New Zealand) with around 150 species in 5 extant genera. The larvae are soil-dwelling, siphoning fluid from mycorrhizae attached to trees. The adults are short-lived, with the adult males being noted for a complex mating dance. Like some other elateroids, they are capable of clicking.[1]

Throscidae
Temporal range:
Trixagus carinifrons
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Throscidae
Laporte, 1840

Genera

Fossil genera
  • †Jaira Muona 1993 Baltic amber, Eocene
  • †Potergosoma Kovalev and Kirejtshuk 2013 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
  • †Rhomboaspis Kovalev and Kirejtshuk 2013 Lebanese amber, Barremian
  • †Trixagosoma Li et al., 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
  • †Tyrannothroscus Muona 2019 Baltic amber, Eocene
  • †Captopus Li, Huang & Cai, 2021[2] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Electrothroscus Li, Huang & Cai, 2021[2] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Pseudopactopus Li, Huang & Cai, 2021[2] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References
  1. Muona, Jyrki and Lawrence, John F.. "4.6. Throscidae Laporte, 1840". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 69-74.
  2. Li, Yan-Da; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (January 2021). "New Genera and Species of the Family Throscidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber". Insects. 12 (1): 63. doi:10.3390/insects12010063. PMC 7826609. PMID 33445628.

Further reading
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
  • Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.
  • Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
  • Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.


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