The Cerophytidae are a family of beetles belonging to Elateroidea. Larvae are associated with rotting wood, on which they are presumed to feed.Costa, Cleide, Vanin, Sergio A., Lawrence, John F. and Ide, Sergio. "4.4. Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834". 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. 54-61. The family contains over 20 species in five genera, primarily distributed in the New World, but also in Eurasia and Africa. 17 fossil species in 7 genera are known extending to the Early Jurassic. Like some other elateroids, the adults are capable of clicking.
Taxonomy AfterCerophytidae Species List at Joel's Hallan Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
Mesozoic clade:
†Elaterocoleus Dolin 1973 Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) †Praelaterium Dolin 1973 Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Hettangian-Sinemurian †Necromeropsis Yu et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) †Aphytocerus Zherikhin 1977 Taimyr Amber, Russia, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Santonian) †Jurassophytum Yu et al. 2019 Jiulongshan Formation, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian) †Necromera Martynov 1926 Jiulongshan Formation, China, Callovian, Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) Laiyang Formation, Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Extant clade:
†Wongaroo Oberprieler et al. 2016 Talbragar Fossil Fish Bed, Australia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian) †Baissophytum Chang et al. 2011 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian †Baissopsis Kirejtshuk 2013 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian †Amberophytum Yu et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian Genus Afrocerophytum Costa, Vanin et Rosa, 2014 Afrocerophytum vix Costa, Vanin et Rosa, 2014 Genus Aphytocerus Zherikhin, 1977 Aphytocerus communis Zherikhin, 1977 Genus Brachycerophytum Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Brachycerophytum sinchona Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Genus Cerophytum Latreille, 1806 Cerophytum convexicolle LeConte, 1866 Cerophytum japonicum Sasaji, 1999 Cerophytum pulsator (Haldeman, 1845) Genus Phytocerum Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Phytocerum alleni Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Phytocerum belloi Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Phytocerum birai Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Phytocerum boliviense (Golbach, 1983) Phytocerum burakowskii Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Phytocerum cayennense (de Bonvouloir, 1870) Phytocerum distinguendum (Soares & Peracchi, 1964) Phytocerum golbachi Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Phytocerum ingens Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Phytocerum inpa Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Phytocerum minutum (Golbach, 1983) Phytocerum serraticorne Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Phytocerum simonkai Costa, Vanin, Lawrence & Ide, 2003 Phytocerum trinidadense (Golbach, 1983) Phytocerum zikani (Soares & Peracchi, 1964)
References
External links
Cerophytidae at the Tree of Life