Short Winged Flower Beetles

Kateretidae is a family of short-winged flower beetles in the suborder Polyphaga.^[1][2][3] There are about 11 genera and at least 40 described species in Kateretidae.^[4][5][6] They are found worldwide except in New Zealand. Adults are anthophagous, feeding on flowers, while the larvae are spermatophagous inside the flower corolla.^[7]

Kateretes pusillus

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the family Kateretidae:

• Amartus LeConte, 1861 ^{i c g b}
  • †Amartus petrefactus Wickham 1912 Florissant Formation
• Anamartus Jelinek, 1976 ^g
• Anthonaeus Horn, 1879 ^{i c g b}
• Boreades Parson, 1943 ^{i c g}
• Brachyleptus Motschulsky, 1845 ^g
• Brachypterolus Grouvelle, 1913 ^{i c g b}
• Brachypterus Kugelann, 1794 ^{i c g b}
• Heterhelus DuVal, 1858 ^{i c g b}
  • †Heterhelus expressus Kirejtshuk and Nel, 2008 Oise amber, France, Ypresian
• Kateretes Herbst, 1793 ^{i c g b}
• Neobrachypterus Jelínek, 1979 ^{i c g}
• †Cretaretes Peris and Jelínek 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Eoceniretes Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2008 ^g
  • Eoceniretes yantaricus Kirejtshuk and Nel, 2008 Oise amber, France, Ypresian
  • Eoceniretes antiquus Peris and Jelínek 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Furcalabratum Poinar and Brown, 2018, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Lebanoretes Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008 Lebanese amber, Barremian

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[4] c = Catalogue of Life,^[5] g = GBIF,^[6] b = Bugguide.net^[1]

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