Ptilodactyla exotica Chapin, 1927 (22470503351)

Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the

Elateriformia Elateriformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles. The two largest families in this group are buprestids, of which there are around 15,000 described species, and click beetles, of which there are around 10,000 described species. The infraor ...

. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with

riparian A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the terrestrial biomes of the Earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks ar ...

and aquatic habitats. The larvae generally live associated with rotting wood or vegetation, or within gravel and detritus on the edge of water bodies. The larvae of some species feed on submerged rotting wood or on plant roots, while the adults of some species are known to feed on fungus with modified brush-like maxillae.Lawrence, John F.. "Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836: Coleoptera, Beetles". ''Handbook of Zoology Online'', edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.

Genera

Subfamily Anchytarsinae Champion, 1897 * ''

Anchycteis ''Anchycteis'' is a genus of toe-winged beetles in the family Ptilodactylidae Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the Elateriformia. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with riparian an ...

'' Horn, 1880 * ''

Anchytarsus ''Anchytarsus'' is a genus of toe-winged beetles in the family Ptilodactylidae Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the Elateriformia. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with riparian a ...

'' Guérin-Méneville, 1843 * '' Byrrocryptus'' Broun, 1893 * '' Epilichas'' White, 1859 * '' Pseudoepilichas'' Armstrong & Nakane, 1956 *†'' Electrolichas'' Alekseev & Jäch 2016 Baltic amber, Eocene Subfamily Cladotominae Pic, 1914 * '' Austrolichus'' Lawrence & Stribling, 1992 * '' Cladotoma'' Westwood, 1837 * '' Drupeus'' Lewis, 1895 * '' Hovactyla'' Fairmaire, 1901 * ''

Paralichus ''Paralichus'' is a genus of toe-winged beetles in the family Ptilodactylidae Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the Elateriformia. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with riparian an ...

'' White, 1859 * '' Pseudocladotoma'' Pic, 1918 Subfamily Apoglossinae Champion, 1897 * '' Apoglossa'' Guérin-Méneville, 1843 * '' Bradytoma'' Guérin-Méneville, 1849 * '' Octoglossa'' Guérin-Méneville, 1843 Subfamily Araeopidiinae Lawrence, 1991 * ''

Araeopidius ''Araeopidius'' is a genus of toe-winged beetles in the family Ptilodactylidae Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the Elateriformia. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with riparian a ...

'' Cockerell, 1906 Subfamily Ptilodactylinae Laporte, 1836 * '' Chelonariomorphus'' Pic, 1916 * ''

Daemon Daimon or Daemon (Ancient Greek: , "god", "godlike", "power", "fate") originally referred to a lesser deity or guiding spirit such as the daimons of ancient Greek religion and mythology and of later Hellenistic religion and philosophy. The word ...

'' Laporte, 1836 * '' Falsotherius'' Pic, 1913 * ''

Lachnodactyla ''Lachnodactyla'' is a genus of toe-winged beetles in the family Ptilodactylidae Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the Elateriformia. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with riparian ...

'' Champion, 1897 * '' Microdrupeus'' Nakane, 1993 * '' Pherocladus'' Fairmaire, 1881 * ''

Podabrocephalus ''Podabrocephalus'' is an enigmatic monotypic genus in the family Ptilodactylidae. For decades it had historically been placed in its own family, Podabrocephalidae, or sometimes included in the highly diverse family Cerambycidae, but more recent a ...

'' Pic, 1913 * ''

Ptilodactyla ''Ptilodactyla'' is a genus of toe-winged beetles in the family Ptilodactylidae Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the Elateriformia. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with riparian ...

'' Illiger, 1807 * '' Stirophora'' Champion, 1897 Subfamily Unplaced * '' Aphebodactyla'' Chatzimanolis, Cashion, Engel, & Falin, 2012 * '' Falsoptilodactyla'' Pic, 1958 * '' Ptilodactyloides'' Motschulsky, 1856 * '' Therius'' Guérin-Méneville, 1849 * '' Valoka'' Deleve, 1872 *†'' Aphebodactyla'' Chatzimanolis et al. 2012

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,

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

*†'' Ptilodactyloides'' Motschulsky 1856

Baltic amber The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that these forests created more than 1 ...

, Eocene

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