Discolomatidae is a family 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 in the superfamily

Coccinelloidea Coccinelloidea is a superfamily of beetles in the order Coleoptera, formerly included in the superfamily Cucujoidea. There are more than 10,000 species in Coccinelloidea, including more than 6000 in the lady beetle family Coccinellidae. Morphol ...

. It contains approximately 400 species in 16 genera, which are found mostly found in tropical regions, being largely absent from temperate regions. They have generally been found associated with decaying vegetation or fungi, and are therefore assumed to be fungivorous, though some species are associated with ants (

myrmecophily Myrmecophily ( , ) is the term applied to positive interspecies associations between ants and a variety of other organisms, such as plants, other arthropods, and fungi. Myrmecophily refers to mutualistic associations with ants, though in its m ...

). The larvae have unusual flattened sclerotised bodies, with heads that are concealed from above.Cline, Andrew R. and Ślipinśki, Adam. "10.31. Discolomatidae Horn, 1878". ''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. 435-442.

Taxonomy

* '' Aphanocephalus'' (149) * '' Cassidoloma'' (13) * '' Cephalophanus'' (7) * '' Discoloma'' (28) * '' Dystheamon'' (1) * '' Fallia'' (7) * '' Holophygus'' (3) * '' Katoporus'' (3) * '' Notiophygus'' Gory, 1834 (205) * '' Parafallia'' (7) * '' Parmaschema'' (18) * '' Pondonatus'' (2) * '' Profallia'' (4) * '' Solitarius'' (1)

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