Throscidae
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| oldest_fossil = Barremian
| image = Trixagus carinifrons 01.JPG
| image_caption = Trixagus carinifrons
| taxon = Throscidae
| authority = Laporte, 1840
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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.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.
Genera
- Aulonothroscus Horn, 1890
- Cryptophthalma Cobos, 1982
- Pactopus LeConte, 1868
- Potergus Bonvouloir, 1871
- Trixagus Kugelann, 1794
= 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{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Yan-Da|last2=Huang|first2=Di-Ying|last3=Cai|first3=Chen-Yang|date=January 2021|title=New Genera and Species of the Family Throscidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber|journal=Insects|language=en|volume=12|issue=1|pages=63|doi=10.3390/insects12010063|pmid=33445628|pmc=7826609|doi-access=free}} Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- †Electrothroscus Li, Huang & Cai, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- †Pseudopactopus Li, Huang & Cai, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
References
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book
| editor-last1 = Arnett | editor-first1 = R.H. Jr.
| editor-last2 = Thomas | editor-first2 = M. C.
| editor-last3 = Skelley | editor-first3 = P. E.
| editor-last4 = Frank | editor-first4 = J. H.
| date = 2002
| title = American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
| publisher = CRC Press
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Kellogg | first1 = Vernon L.
| date = 1905
| title = American insects
| publisher = H. Holt
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Arnett | first1 = Ross H. Jr.
| date = 2000
| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
| publisher = CRC Press
| volume = 2nd Edition
| isbn = 0-8493-0212-9
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Leng | first1 = Charles W.
| date = 1920
| title = Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico
| publisher = John D. Sherman, Jr.
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Crotch | first1 = G.R.
| date = 1873
| title = Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico
| publisher = Naturalists' Agency
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- {{Cite book
| editor-last1 = Capinera | editor-first1 = John L.
| date = 2008
| title = Encyclopedia of Entomology
| publisher = Springer
| isbn = 978-1402062421
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Gillott
| first1 = Cedric
| date = 1980
| title = Entomology
| publisher = Plenum Press
| isbn = 0-306-40366-8
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/entomology0000gill
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- {{Cite book
| author = Donald J. Borror
| author2 = Roger Tory Peterson
| author3 = Richard E. White
| date = 1998
| title = A Field Guide to Insects
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Blatchley | first1 = W.S.
| date = 1910
| title = An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana
| publisher = Nature Pub.
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Papp | first1 = Charles S.
| date = 1984
| title = Introduction to North American Beetles
| publisher = Entomography Pubns
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = White | first1 = Richard E.
| date = 1983
| title = Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin
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