Monotomidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea. The family is found worldwide, with approximately 240 species in 33 genera. The ecological habits of the family are diverse, with different members of the group being found under tree bark, in decaying vegetation, on flowers and in ant nests. Their ecology is obscure, while at least some species are mycophagous, feeding on the fruiting bodies of ascomycete fungi, Rhyzophagus are predators on bark beetles (includings, eggs, larvae and young adults) and possibly Phoridae larvae, with the larvae of some species also being mycophagous.
Taxonomy Monotomidae contains the following genera:Monotomidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.
Rhizophaginae Redtenbacher 1845 Rhizophagus Herbst, 1793 Subfamiliy Monotominae Tribe Lenacini Crowson, 1952 Lenax Sharp, 1877 Tribe Monotomini Laporte, 1840 Monotoma Herbst, 1793 Tribe Thionini Crowson, 1952 Thione Sharp, 1899 Shoguna Lewis, 1884 Arunus Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995 Tribe Europini Sen Gupta, 1988 Afrobaenus Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995 Aneurops Sharp, 1900 Bactridium J.LeConte, 1861 Barunius Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995 Crowsonius Pakaluk & Slipinski, 1993 Eporus Grouvelle, 1897 Europs Wollaston, 1854 Hesperobaenus J.LeConte, 1861 Hiekesia Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995 Indoleptipsius Pal, 2000 Kakamodes Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995 Leptipsius Casey, 1916 Macreurops Casey, 1916 Malabica Sen Gupta, 1988 Malinica Sen Gupta, 1988 Mimema Wollaston, 1861 Mimemodes Reitter, 1876 Monotomopsis Grouvelle, 1896 Monotopion Reitter, 1884 Noveurops Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995 Pararhizophagus Méquignon, 1913 Phyconomus LeConte, 1861 Pycnotomina Casey, 1916 Renuka Sen Gupta, 1988 Rhizophagoides Nakane & Hisamatsu, 1963 Rumnicus Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995 Tarunius Sen Gupta, 1977
Fossil genera
†Jurorhizophagus Cai et al. 2015 Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian) †Cretakarenni Peris and Delclòs 2015 Spanish amber, Escucha Formation, Early Cretaceous (Albian), Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) †Cretolenax Liu et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian †Rhizobactron Kirejtshuk 2013 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian) †Rhizophtoma Kirejtshuk and Azar 2009 Lebanese amber, Barremian, Alava amber, Escucha Formation, Spain, Albian
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