Promecheilidae
{{Short description|Family of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Promecheilidae
| image = Onysius anomalus.jpg
| image_caption = Specimen of Onysius anomalus
| display_parents = 3
| authority = Lacordaire, 1859
| synonyms = Perimylopidae {{small|St. George, 1939}}
}}
File:Onysius anomalus 115345743.jpg
Promecheilidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. Perimylopidae is considered a synonym.{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.1967.tb00545.x|title=The families Perimylopidae and Dacoderidae (Coleoptera, Heteromera)|year=2009|last1=Watt|first1=J. C.|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy|volume=36|issue=7–8|pages=109–118}} They are found in southern South America and associated archipelagos like South Georgia and the Falklands, New Zealand and Tasmania.{{Cite journal |last1=Lawrence |first1=John F. |last2=Leschen |first2=Richard A. B. |last3=Zaitsev |first3=Artem |date=2020-03-25 |title=Onysius Broun: The First New Zealand Genus of Promecheilidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) |url=https://bioone.org/journals/the-coleopterists-bulletin/volume-74/issue-1/0010-065X-74.1.27/Onysius-Broun--The-First-New-Zealand-Genus-of-Promecheilidae/10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.27.full |journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin |volume=74 |issue=1 |pages=27 |doi=10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.27 |s2cid=214736157 |issn=0010-065X|url-access=subscription }} Some species are associated tree ferns and moss-covered dead wood, and other forested habitats, while others are associated with peat bogs, grasslands and coastal habitats. They are probably phytophagus, feeding on lichen, moss, and other plant material.Lawrence, John F., Ślipinśki, Adam and Elgueta, Mario. "11.11. Promecheilidae Lacordaire 1859". 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. 563-567.
Adult beetles have an 11 segmented antenna, the head is narrowed behind the eye. They have a tarsal formula of 5-5-4. The family is part of a clade that includes the Archeocrypticidae, Mycetophagidae, and Ulodidae.{{Cite journal|last1=Gunter|first1=Nicole L.|last2=Levkaničová|first2=Zuzana|last3=Weir|first3=Tom H.|last4=Ślipiński|first4=Adam|last5=Cameron|first5=Stephen L.|last6=Bocak|first6=Ladislav|date=2014|title=Towards a phylogeny of the Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera)|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790314001973|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|language=en|volume=79|pages=305–312|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.028|pmid=25053567|url-access=subscription}}
Genera
Genera in the family Promecheilidae include:
- Chanopterus Boheman, 1858 (Tierra del Fuego)
- Hydromedion Waterhouse, 1876 (Tierra del Fuego and South Georgia)
- Melytra Pascoe, 1869 (Tasmania)
- Onysius Broun, 1886 (New Zealand, formerly placed in Chalcodryidae)
- Parahelops Waterhouse, 1876 (southern Argentina and Chile, Falklands)
- Perimylops Müller, 1884 (South Georgia)
- Promecheilus Solier, 1851,2018 (Chile)
- Pseudodarwinella Ukrainsky, 2009 (=Darwinella Enderlein, 1912) (Falklands)
- Sirrhas Champion, 1893 (Tasmania)
References
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| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/6757686
| website=GBIF
| access-date=2019-01-19
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| title = Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
| date = 2011
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| last2 = Bousquet | first2 = Yves
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| last5 = Lawrence | first5 = John F.
| last6 = Lyal | first6 = Chris H. C.
| last7 = Newton | first7 = Alfred F.
| last8 = Reid | first8 = Chris A. M.
| last9 = Schmitt | first9 = Michael
| last10 = Ślipiński | first10 = S. Adam
| last11 = Smith | first11 = Andrew B. T.
| display-authors = 4
| url = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4001
| journal = ZooKeys
| issue = 88
| pages = 1–972
| issn = 1313-2989
| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.88.807| pmid = 21594053
| pmc = 3088472
| doi-access = free
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{{Cite journal
| title = Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys
| journal = Systematic Entomology
| volume = 40
| pages = 288–289
| date = 2014
| last1 = Seago | first1 = Ainsley
| last2 = Lawrence | first2 = J.F.
| last3 = Slipinski | first3 = A.
| doi = 10.1111/syen.12104
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Further reading
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- {{Cite journal
| title = Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska
| date = 2013
| last1 = Bouchard | first1 = P.
| last2 = Bousquet | first2 = Y.
| last3 = Davies | first3 = A.
| last4 = Sikes | first4 = D.
| journal = ZooKeys
| issue = 360| pages = 1–44
| issn = 1313-2989
| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.360.4742| pmid = 24363590
| pmc = 3867111
| doi-access = free
}}
- {{Cite book
| title = Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico
| date = 1873
| last1 = Crotch | first1 = G.R.
| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/38811#/summary
| publisher = Naturalists' Agency
| doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.38811| doi-access = free
| isbn = 978-0665070778
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- {{Cite book
| title = Classification of the Coleoptera of North America
| date = 1861
| last1 = LeConte | first1 = J.L.
| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732
| series = Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
| volume = 3
| isbn = 978-0665100550
| doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.38459| doi-access = free
}}
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