Cavognathidae
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| Cavognathidae | |
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| Taphropiestes electa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Cavognathidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966 |
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Cavognathidae is a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cucujoidea.[1][2] It contains a single genus, Taphropiestes (Reitter 1875) (= Neocercus Broun, 1921, Cavognatha Crowson 1964 and Zeonidicola Crowson, 1973) with around a dozen species known from South America, Australia and New Zealand.[3] In Australian and New Zealand species adults and larvae have been found living in bird nests, but their ecology is unclear, but they are possibly scavengers.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
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- ^ Slipinski, Adam; Tomaszewska, Wioletta (2010). "Revision of the family Cavognathidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 49 (3): 256–267. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2010.00762.x. ISSN 1440-6055.
- ^ Ślipinśki, Adam; Tomaszewska, Wioletta (2010-12-31), Kükenthal, Willy; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Lawrence, John F. (eds.), "10.17. Cavognathidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966", Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), DE GRUYTER, pp. 357–360, doi:10.1515/9783110911213.357, ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5, retrieved 2022-10-02