Dascillidae

The family was named by Guérin Méneville in 1843.{{Cite web |title=Dascillidae Report |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=113990 |access-date=2018-02-23 |website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System}} The family is divided up into two poorly defined subfamilies, Karumiinae and Dascillinae.

Adult Dascillidae are 4.5–25 mm long with an elongate body that is somewhat convex in cross-section. They are covered in dense grey/brown hairs.{{Cite web |title=Dascillidae Family Information |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/51974 |access-date=2018-02-23 |website=BugGuide.net}} Karumiines have highly modified soft-bodies, similar to some members of Elateroidea.

The adults can be found on grass during the springtime. The larvae occur in moist soil or under rocks. The larvae are thought to feed on roots or decaying plant matter.{{Cite journal |last1=Jin |first1=Zhenyu |last2=Ślipiński |first2=Adam |last3=Pang |first3=Hong |date=December 2013 |title=Genera of Dascillinae (Coleoptera: Dascillidae) with a Review of the Asian Species of Dascillus Latreille, Petalon Schonherr and Sinocaulus Fairmaire |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3161/000345413X676786 |journal=Annales Zoologici |language=en |volume=63 |issue=4 |pages=551–652 |doi=10.3161/000345413X676786 |issn=0003-4541}} Some karumiines like Karumia are associated with termites.

• Anorus {{small|LeConte, 1859}}
• Coptocera {{small|Murray, 1868}}
• Dascillus {{small|Latreille, 1796}}
• Drilocephalus {{small|Pic, 1918}}
• Emmita {{small|Escalera, 1914}}
• Genecerus {{small|Walker, 1871}}
• Karumia {{small|Escalera, 1913}}
• Metallidascillus {{small|Pic, 1914}}
• Notodascillus {{small|Carter, 1935}}
• Petalon {{small|Schoenherr, 1833}}
• Pleolobus {{small|Philippi, 1864}}
• Sinocaulus {{small|Deyrolle & Fairmaire, 1878}}
• †Baltodascillus {{small|Kundrata et al., 2021}}{{Cite journal|last1=Kundrata |first1=R. |last2=Gimmel |first2=M. L. |last3=Packova |first3=G. |last4=Bukejs |first4=A. |last5=Blank |first5=S. M. |title=A new enigmatic lineage of Dascillidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia) from Eocene Baltic amber described using X-ray microtomography, with notes on Karumiinae morphology and classification |year=2021 |journal=Fossil Record |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=141–149 |doi=10.5194/fr-24-141-2021 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2021FossR..24..141K }} Baltic Amber, Eocene
• †Cretodascillus {{small|Jin et al, 2013}}{{Cite journal |last1=Jin |first1=Zhenyu |last2=Ślipiński |first2=Adam |last3=Pang |first3=Hong |last4=Ren |first4=Dong |date=2013 |title=A new Mesozoic species of soft-bodied plant beetle (Coleoptera: Dascillidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China with a review of fossil Dascillidae |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3161/000345413X672492 |journal=Annales Zoologici |language=en |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=501–509 |doi=10.3161/000345413X672492 |issn=0003-4541}} Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• †Lyprodascillus {{small|Zhang, 1989}} Shanwang, China, Miocene (familial attribution uncertain)
• †Parelateriformius {{small|Yan & Wang, 2010}}{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Yan-Da |last2=Jin |first2=Zhen-Yu |last3=Ślipiński |first3=Adam |last4=Huang |first4=Di-Ying |last5=Cai |first5=Chen-Yang |date=2022 |title=Parelateriformius from the Middle–Late Jurassic of China reinterpreted as the earliest Dascillidae (Coleoptera: Dascilloidea) |url=https://mapress.com/pe/article/view/palaeoentomology.5.6.6 |journal=Palaeoentomology |language=en |volume=5 |issue=6 |pages=545–568 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.6.6 |issn=2624-2834|doi-access=free }} Daohugou Beds, China, Middle–Late Jurassic

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