Nosodendridae is a family of beetles, with less than a hundred species in three extant genera,Hava, J. (2010). "World Catalogue of the Nosodendridae (Coleoptera). " Retrieved on 21 May 2012. which are found worldwide. Nosodendron, the largest genus, is found in forests and attracted to yeast generated slime on the wounds of trees, and likely consumes fermented substances as well as fungi and microorganisms.Leschen, Richard A. B. and Beutel, Rolf G.. "5.2. Nosodendridae Erichson, 1846". 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. 185-190. Several additional genera and species are known from the fossil record. Nosodendridae is considered to be an isolated lineage within Polyphaga, being the sister group to the clade containing Staphyliniformia, Bostrichoidea and Cucujiformia.
Genera and species
†Basinosa †B. pengweii (Cenomanian; Burmese amber, Myanmar) †Mesonosa †M. scandens (Cenomanian; Burmese amber, Myanmar) Nosodendron Nd. africanum Nd. agaboides Nd. angelum Nd. asiaticum Nd. australe Nd. australicum Nd. batchianum Nd. bilyi Nd. boliviense Nd. bucki Nd. californicum Nd. calvum Nd. celebense Nd. ceylanicum Nd. chelonarium Nd. coenosum Nd. derasum Nd. disjectum Nd. dybasi Nd. elongatum Nd. fasciatum Nd. fasciculare Nd. fijiense Nd. glabratum Nd. grande Nd. hageni Nd. helferi Nd. hispidum Nd. horaki Nd. incognitum Nd. indicum Nd. interruptum Nd. jakli Nd. kalimantanus Nd. laosense Nd. latifrons Nd. latum Nd. leechi Nd. lentum Nd. madagascariense Nd. manuselae Nd. marginatum Nd. mediobasale Nd. mexicanum Nd. moluccense Nd. nepalense Nd. niasense Nd. nitidum Nd. nomurai Nd. oblongum Nd. ovatum Nd. pauliani Nd. politum Nd. prudeki Nd. punctatostriatum Nd. punctulatum Nd. reichardti Nd. ritsemae Nd. sikkimense Nd. slipinskii Nd. strigiferum Nd. subtile Nd. testudinum Nd. thompsoni Nd. tiomanense Nd. tonkineum Nd. tritavum Nd. unicolor Nd. vestitum Nd. zealandicum Nosoglobulus Ng. loebli Ng. smetanai Nosotetocus Nt. debilis Nt. marcovi Nt. vespertinus
References
External links Nosodendridae at Fauna Europaea