Salpingidae or narrow-waisted bark beetles is a family of

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s in the superfamily

Tenebrionoidea The Tenebrionoidea are a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles. It generally corresponds to the Heteromera of earlier authors. Taxonomy Tenebrionoidea contains the following families: * Aderidae Winkler 1927 (ant-like leaf beetles) * ...

. The species are small, about 1.5 – 7 mm in length. The family is globally distributed and consists of about 45 genera and 300 species, which are generally found in the temperate regions of both hemispheres. The family is mainly associated with plants (both living and dead) as well as with

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and

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fungi. Some members of the family are associated with unusual habitats, like ''

Aegialites ''Aegialites'' is a genus of narrow-waisted bark beetles in the family Salpingidae Salpingidae or narrow-waisted bark beetles is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. The species are small, about 1.5 – 7 mm in length. ...

'' and '' Antarcticodomus,'' which are found in coastal areas including the

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, with former feeding on algae.Lawrence, John F., Ślipinśki, Adam, Pollock, Darren A. and Escalona, Hermes. "11.25. Salpingidae Leach, 1815". ''Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim)'', edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 722-729

Genera

These 28 genera belong to the family Salpingidae: * ''

'' Mannerheim, 1853 * '' Aglenus'' Erichson, 1845 * '' Antarcticodomus'' Brookes, 1951 * '' Aprostomis'' Grouvelle, 1913 * '' Cariderus'' Mulsant, 1859 * '' Colposis'' Mulsant, 1859 * '' Dacoderus'' LeConte, 1858 * '' Elacatis'' Pascoe, 1860 (false tiger beetles) * ''

Episcapha ''Episcapha'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Salpingidae Salpingidae or narrow-waisted bark beetles is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. The species are small, about 1.5 – 7 mm in length. The famil ...

'' Dejean, 1833 * '' Inopeplus'' Smith, 1851 * '' Istrisia'' Lewis, 1895 * '' Lissodema'' Curtis, 1833 * '' Myrmecoderus'' Aalbu, Andrews & Pollock, 2005 * '' Ocholissa'' Pascoe, 1863 * '' Parelacatis'' Chapin, 1923 * '' Poophylax'' Champion, 1916 * '' Rabocerus'' Mulsant, 1859 * '' Rhinosimus'' Latreille, 1805 * '' Salpingus'' Illiger, 1801 * '' Serrotibia'' Reitter, 1877 * ''

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'' Champion, 1889 * '' Sphaeriestes'' Stephens, 1831 * '' Szekessya'' Kaszab, 1955 * '' Tretothorax'' Lea, 1911-01 * '' Trogocryptoides'' Champion, 1924 * '' Vincenzellus'' Reitter, 1911 * † '' Arra'' Peris et al. 2014 Spanish amber,

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* † '' Eopeplus'' Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2009

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, France,

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* † '' Protolissodema'' Alekseev, 2013

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References

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