Ceratocanthinae

Ceratocanthinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Hybosoridae
Subfamily:	Ceratocanthinae; A. Martínez, 1968
Type genus
	Ceratocanthus; White, 1842
Tribes
	Martinez 1968; Nikolaev, 1999; Howden and Gill, 2000;
Synonyms
	Acanthoceridae Lacordaire, 1856

Ceratocanthinae is a subfamily of the Ceratocanthidae which is a sister group of the Hybosoridae in which they are sometimes placed in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. It includes three tribes comprising 43 genera and 366 species.

Description[]

Ceratocanthinae are small sized beetles from 2.0 to 10.0 millimeters in length. Adult beetles can be found on the bark and branches of dead trees and on fungus.

Distribution[]

Ceratocanthinae are relatively widespread. They can be found in Australian, Afrotropical, , Neotropical, Nearctic, and Palaearctic regions.

Ecology[]

The adults have been found to associate with termites and ants. Larvae live under bark and in burrows of bessbugs (Passalidae).

Taxonomy[]

The subfamily Ceratocanthinae contains 43 genera:^[1]

Péringuey, 1901
Petrovitz, 1968
Hesse, 1948
Anopsiostes Paulian, 1982
Martínez & Pereira, 1959
Howden & Gill, 2000
Paulian, 1968
Paulian, 1972
Paulian, 1968
Paulian, 1968
Paulian, 1982
Paulian, 1982
Ceratocanthus White, 1842
Paulian, 1977
Germar, 1843
Paulian, 1968
Ballerio, 2000
Ballerio, 2009
Gestro, 1898
Martínez, 1962
Gestro, 1898
Germarostes Paulian, 1982
Ocampo & Ballerio, 2006
Paulian, 1979
Howden & Gill, 1988
Paulian, 1978
Paulian, 1975
Paulian, 1982
Paulian, 1968
Paulian & Howden, 1982
Ballerio, 2009
Ballerio, 2000
Harold, 1877
Paulian, 1977
Kolbe, 1895
Paulian, 1977
Ballerio, 2009
Gestro, 1898
Silvestri, 1940
Howden, 1973
Germar, 1843
Howden & Gill, 1995
Howden & Gill, 1988

References[]

^ Ballerio, Alberto; Grebennikov, Vasily (14 June 2016). "Rolling into a ball: phylogeny of the Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae) inferred from adult morphology and origin of a unique body enrollment coaptation in terrestrial arthropods" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 74 (1): 23–52. eISSN 1864-8312. ISSN 1863-7221.

External links[]

Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles HYBOSORIDAE... Ceratocanthinae Martínez, 1968

[1] Ballerio, Alberto; Grebennikov, Vasily (14 June 2016). "Rolling into a ball: phylogeny of the Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae) inferred from adult morphology and origin of a unique body enrollment coaptation in terrestrial arthropods" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 74 (1): 23–52. eISSN 1864-8312. ISSN 1863-7221.

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