Jurasaidae is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

of elateroid beetles known from around a half-dozen species in two genera found the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest including drier transitional areas bordering the

Caatinga Caatinga (, ) is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation" (''caa'' = forest, v ...

. All known species have

neotenic Neoteny (), also called juvenilization,Montagu, A. (1989). Growing Young. Bergin & Garvey: CT. is the delaying or slowing of the physiological, or somatic, development of an organism, typically an animal. Neoteny is found in modern humans compared ...

larva-like females and normal males, similar to some other elateroids. They occur in the soil horizon immediately under leaf litter, with the larvae likely being fungivorous, consuming the fluids of fungal hyphae.

Taxonomy

* Genus '' Jurasai'' Rosa et al., 2020 ** '' Jurasai digitusdei'' Rosa et al., 2020 ** '' Jurasai itajubense'' Rosa et al., 2020 ** '' Jurasai miraculum'' Biffi et al., 2021 ** '' Jurasai vanini'' Biffi et al., 2021 ** '' Jurasai ypauoca'' Roza, 2021 * Genus '' Tujamita'' Rosa et al.., 2020 ** '' Tujamita plenalatum'' Rosa et al., 2020

References

Elateroidea Polyphaga families {{Elateroidea-stub