The Ulodidae are 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 belonging to

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) ...

. They are native to the Southern Hemisphere, with species found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Chile. Larvae and adults are generally found on dead wood or fungus associated with rotting wood, and are mycophagous. There are approximately 40 species in 16 genera.

Taxonomy

* '' Arthopus'' (New Zealand) * '' Brouniphylax'' (New Zealand) * '' Dipsaconia'' (Australia) * '' Exohadrus'' (New Zealand) * '' Ganyme'' (Australia) * '' Meryx'' (Australia) * '' Notocerastes'' (Australia) * '' Phaennis'' (Australia) * '' Pteroderes'' (Chile) * '' Syrphetodes'' (New Zealand) * '' Trachyderas'' (Chile) * '' Trachyderastes'' (New Caleodonia) * '' Ulobostrichus'' (Australia) * '' Ulocyphaleus'' (Chile) * '' Ulodes'' (Australia) * '' Waitomophylax'' (New Zealand, Holocene)

References

Tenebrionoidea Beetle families {{Tenebrionoidea-stub