Decliniidae is a family of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s belonging to

Scirtoidea Scirtoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is traditionally considered to consist of four families: Clambidae, Decliniidae, Eucinetidae and Scirtidae. However, genetic studies have suggested that Clambidae and Eucinetidae belong to a separate s ...

. It contains the single genus ''Declinia'' with two species, ''D. relicta'' and ''D. versicolor'', found in the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admin ...

and Japan, respectively. Little is known of their ecology, and their larvae are unknown. Specimens of ''D. relicta'' were found with pollen grains in their gut.Lawrence, John F.. "Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821: Coleoptera, Beetles". ''Handbook of Zoology Online'', edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.

Species

*'' Declinia relicta'' Nikitsky, Lawrence, Kirejtshuk & Gratshev, 1994 *''

Declinia versicolor Decliniidae is a family of beetles belonging to Scirtoidea. It contains the single genus ''Declinia'' with two species, ''D. relicta'' and ''D. versicolor'', found in the Russian Far East and Japan, respectively. Little is known of their ecology, ...

'' Sakai & Satô, 1996

References

Elateriformia genera Scirtoidea {{Scirtoidea-stub