Throscidae

Throscidae is a family of small false click beetles in the order Coleoptera. In North America, there are 3 genera and 20 described species.[1][2][3][4]

Throscidae Temporal range: Barremian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trixagus carinifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Superfamily:	Elateroidea
Family:	Throscidae Laporte, 1840

Genera

• Aulonothroscus Horn, 1890
• Cryptophthalma Cobos, 1982
• Pactopus LeConte, 1868
• Potergus Bonvouloir, 1871
• Trixagus Kugelann, 1794

Fossil genera

• †Jaira Muona 1993 Baltic amber, Eocene
• †Potergosoma Kovalev and Kirejtshuk 2013 Lebanese amber, Barremian
• †Rhomboaspis Kovalev and Kirejtshuk 2013 Lebanese amber, Barremian
• †Trixagosoma Li et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Tyrannothroscus Muona 2019 Baltic amber, Eocene

References

1. "Throscidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
2. "Throscidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
3. "Throscidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
4. "Browse Throscidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
• Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.
• Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
• Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.