Trogossitidae, also known as bark-gnawing beetles, are a small family in the superfamily

Cleroidea Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly. Description Cleroidea is defined by the fo ...

. Many taxa formerly within this family have been removed (as of 2019) to other families, such as

Lophocateridae Lophocateridae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cleroidea, formerly included in the Trogossitidae. Members of the group have a variety of ecologies, including as predators on other insects, as fungivores, or are phytophagous. Genera * ' ...

Peltidae ''Peltis'' is a genus of beetles found in North America and Europe, and the sole extant member of the family Peltidae, formerly included in the Trogossitidae.Gimmel, M.L., Bocakova, M., Gunter, N.L. and Leschen, R.A. (2019) Comprehensive phylog ...

Protopeltidae ''Protopeltis'' is a genus of beetles. It contains two species native to New Zealand. It was formerly considered a member of Trogossitidae, but is currently placed as the only member of the family Protopeltidae within the Cleroidea. The larvae h ...

Rentoniidae Rentoniidae is a family of beetles belonging to Cleroidea. The species were originally included in the family Trogossitidae. They are around 1–2 mm in length, with spherical bodies. Members of the family are native to the Southern Hemisphe ...

, and Thymalidae.Gimmel, M.L., Bocakova, M., Gunter, N.L. and Leschen, R.A. (2019) Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Syst Entomol, 44: 527-558. Members of the family are generally predatory and/or feed on fungi, both in adult and larval stages, and are generally associated with wood, being found under bark or inside bored tunnel galleries. There are about 400 species in 25 genera in the family under the new, restricted circumscription, as opposed to 600 species in over 50 genera in the old definition. The oldest fossil assignable to the modern, more restricted definition of the family is '' Microtrogossita'' from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar, which has close affinities to the Trogossitini, indicating that the family had already considerably diversified by this time.

Genera

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Acalanthis ''Acalanthis'' is a genus of checkered beetles in the subfamily Egoliinae Egoliinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Trogossitidae Trogossitidae, also known as bark-gnawing beetles, are a small family in the superfamily Cleroidea. M ...

'' Erichson, 1844 * '' Airora'' Reitter, 1876 * '' Alindria'' Erichson * '' Anacypta'' Illiger * '' Calanthosoma'' Reitter * ''

Calitys ''Calitys'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Trogossitidae Trogossitidae, also known as bark-gnawing beetles, are a small family in the superfamily Cleroidea. Many taxa formerly within this family have been removed (as of 2019) to ...

'' Thomson, 1859 * '' Corticotomus'' Sharp, 1891 * '' Dupontiella'' Spinola * '' Egolia'' Erichson, 1842 * '' Elestora'' Pascoe * '' Eupycnus'' Sharp * '' Euschaefferia'' Leng, 1920 * '' Gymnocheilis'' Dejean * '' Kolibacia'' Leschen & Lackner, 2013 * '' Larinotus'' Carter & Zeck * '' Leipaspis'' Wollaston, 1862 * '' Leperina'' Erichson, 1844 * '' Melambia'' Erichson * '' Narcisa'' Pascoe * ''

Necrobiopsis ''Necrobiopsis'' is a genus of beetles in the subfamily Egoliinae Egoliinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Trogossitidae Trogossitidae, also known as bark-gnawing beetles, are a small family in the superfamily Cleroidea. Many taxa ...

'' Crowson, 1964 * '' Nemozoma'' Latreille, 1804 * '' Paracalanthis'' Crowson * '' Parallelodera'' Fairmaire, 1881 * '' Phanodesta'' Reitter * '' Seidlitzella'' Jakobson * '' Temnoscheila'' Westwood, 1830 * ''

Tenebroides ''Tenebroides'' is a genus of bark-gnawing beetles in the family Trogossitidae. There are at least 20 described species in ''Tenebroides''. Species These 28 species belong to the genus ''Tenebroides'': * '' Tenebroides albonotatus'' Reitte ...

'' Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 * '' Xenoglena'' Reitter

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* * Polyphaga families {{Cleroidea-stub