Nosodendridae is a
family
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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, with only 67 species in three extant genera, which are found worldwide. ''
Nosodendron'', the largest genus, is found in forests and attracted to yeast generated slime on the wounds of trees, and likely consumes fermented substances as well as fungi and microorganisms. Several additional genera and species are known from the fossil record.
Nosodendridae is considered to be an isolated lineage within
Polyphaga, being the sister group to the clade containing
Staphyliniformia,
Bostrichoidea and
Cucujiformia
Cucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles, representing most plant-eating beetles.
The infraorder contains the seven superfamilies:
* Chrysomeloidea (~7 families including longhorn beetles and leaf beetles)
* Cleroidea (checkered bee ...
.
Genera and species
;†''
Basinosa''
*†''
B. pengweii'' (
Cenomanian;
Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...
, Myanmar)
;†''
Mesonosa''
*†''
M. scandens'' (
Cenomanian;
Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...
, Myanmar)
;''
Nosodendron''
* ''
Nd. africanum''
* ''
Nd. agaboides''
* ''
Nd. angelum''
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Nd. asiaticum''
* ''
Nd. australe''
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Nd. australicum''
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Nd. batchianum''
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Nd. bilyi''
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Nd. boliviense''
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Nd. bucki''
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Nd. californicum''
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Nd. calvum''
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Nd. celebense''
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Nd. ceylanicum''
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Nd. chelonarium''
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Nd. coenosum''
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Nd. derasum''
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Nd. disjectum''
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Nd. dybasi''
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Nd. elongatum''
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Nd. fasciatum''
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Nd. fasciculare''
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Nd. fijiense''
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Nd. glabratum''
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Nd. grande''
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Nd. hageni''
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Nd. helferi''
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Nd. hispidum''
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Nd. horaki''
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Nd. incognitum''
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Nd. indicum''
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Nd. interruptum''
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Nd. jakli''
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Nd. kalimantanus''
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Nd. laosense''
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Nd. latifrons''
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Nd. latum''
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Nd. leechi''
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Nd. lentum''
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Nd. madagascariense''
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Nd. manuselae''
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Nd. marginatum''
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Nd. mediobasale''
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Nd. mexicanum''
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Nd. moluccense''
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Nd. nepalense''
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Nd. niasense''
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Nd. nitidum''
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Nd. nomurai''
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Nd. oblongum''
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Nd. ovatum''
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Nd. pauliani''
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Nd. politum''
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Nd. prudeki''
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Nd. punctatostriatum''
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Nd. punctulatum''
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Nd. reichardti''
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Nd. ritsemae''
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Nd. sikkimense''
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Nd. slipinskii''
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Nd. strigiferum''
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Nd. subtile''
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Nd. testudinum''
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Nd. thompsoni''
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Nd. tiomanense''
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Nd. tonkineum''
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Nd. tritavum''
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Nd. unicolor''
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Nd. vestitum''
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Nd. zealandicum''
;''
Nosoglobulus''
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Ng. loebli''
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Ng. smetanai''
;''
Nosotetocus''
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Nt. debilis''
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Nt. marcovi''
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Nt. vespertinus''
References
External links
Nosodendridae at Fauna Europaea
Bostrichoidea
Beetle families
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