Monommatini is a tribe of beetles known as monommatid beetles. They are in the ironclad beetle family,

Zopheridae The Zopheridae family of beetles has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these former families are the Monommatidae and the Colydiidae, which are now both incl ...

. There are about 15 genera and 300 described species in Monommatini. They are found worldwide, with the greatest diversity in Madagascar. They are commonly associated with rotting plant matter such as the

dry rot Dry rot is wood decay caused by one of several species of fungi that digest parts of the wood which give the wood strength and stiffness. It was previously used to describe any decay of cured wood in ships and buildings by a fungus which resul ...

ting

cambium A cambium (plural cambia or cambiums), in plants, is a tissue layer that provides partially undifferentiated cells for plant growth. It is found in the area between xylem and phloem. A cambium can also be defined as a cellular plant tissue from w ...

of trees.

Taxonomy

Monommatini has been considered a family (Monommatidae) and subfamily (Monommatinae) in the past, but is now treated as a tribe in the subfamily

Zopherinae Zopherinae is a subfamily of beetles, commonly known as ironclad beetles. Together with the subfamily Usechinae, they have been treated historically as a family, but have recently been joined by several additional taxa, making the Zopheridae ...

References

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