Cerophytidae
{{short description|Family of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Jurassic|Recent}}
| image = Cerophytum elateroides ♂ (Cerophytidae), Parc de Woluwé, Bruxelles - Flickr - Frank.Vassen.jpg
| image_caption = Cerophytum elateroides
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| taxon = Cerophytidae
| authority = Latreille, 1834
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms = Praelateriidae Dolin, 1973
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The Cerophytidae are a family of beetles belonging to Elateroidea. Larvae are associated with rotting wood, on which they are presumed to feed.Costa, Cleide, Vanin, Sergio A., Lawrence, John F. and Ide, Sergio. "4.4. Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834". 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. 54-61. The family contains over 20 species in five genera, primarily distributed in the New World, but also in Eurasia and Africa. 17 fossil species in 7 genera are known extending to the Early Jurassic.{{Cite journal|last1=Yu|first1=Yali|last2=Ślipiński|first2=Adam|last3=Lawrence|first3=John F.|last4=Yan|first4=Evgeny|last5=Ren|first5=Dong|last6=Pang|first6=Hong|date=July 2019|title=Reconciling past and present: Mesozoic fossil record and a new phylogeny of the family Cerophytidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667118304452|journal=Cretaceous Research|language=en|volume=99|pages=51–70|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.02.024|bibcode=2019CrRes..99...51Y |s2cid=135290616 }} Like some other elateroids, the adults are capable of clicking.
Taxonomy
After[http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Cerophytidae.txt Cerophytidae Species List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530005058/https://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Cerophytidae.txt |date=2014-05-30 }} at Joel's Hallan Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
Mesozoic clade:
- †Elaterocoleus Dolin 1973 Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)
- †Praelaterium Dolin 1973 Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Hettangian-Sinemurian
- †Necromeropsis Yu et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
- †Aphytocerus Zherikhin 1977 Taimyr Amber, Russia, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Santonian)
- †Jurassophytum Yu et al. 2019 Jiulongshan Formation, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
- †Necromera Martynov 1926 Jiulongshan Formation, China, Callovian, Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) Laiyang Formation, Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
Extant clade:
- †Wongaroo Oberprieler et al. 2016 Talbragar Fossil Fish Bed, Australia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian)
- †Baissophytum Chang et al. 2011 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
- †Baissopsis Kirejtshuk 2013 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
- †Amberophytum Yu et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- Genus Afrocerophytum Costa, Vanin et Rosa, 2014
- Afrocerophytum vix Costa, Vanin et Rosa, 2014
- Genus Aphytocerus Zherikhin, 1977
- Aphytocerus communis Zherikhin, 1977
- Genus Brachycerophytum Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Brachycerophytum sinchona Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Genus Cerophytum Latreille, 1806
- Cerophytum convexicolle LeConte, 1866
- Cerophytum japonicum Sasaji, 1999
- Cerophytum pulsator (Haldeman, 1845)
- Genus Phytocerum Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Phytocerum alleni Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Phytocerum belloi Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Phytocerum birai Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Phytocerum boliviense (Golbach, 1983)
- Phytocerum burakowskii Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Phytocerum cayennense (de Bonvouloir, 1870)
- Phytocerum distinguendum (Soares & Peracchi, 1964)
- Phytocerum golbachi Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Phytocerum ingens Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Phytocerum inpa Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Phytocerum minutum (Golbach, 1983)
- Phytocerum serraticorne Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Phytocerum simonkai Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003
- Phytocerum trinidadense (Golbach, 1983)
- Phytocerum zikani (Soares & Peracchi, 1964)
References
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External links
{{Wikispecies|Cerophytidae}}
- Cerophytidae at the [http://tolweb.org/Cerophytidae/9194 Tree of Life]
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