Short Winged Flower Beetles

Kateretidae also known as short-winged flower beetles are a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea.^[1][2][3] There are 10 extant and 4 extinct genera, and at least 40 described species.^[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

• Amartus LeConte, 1861 ^{i c g b}
• 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}
• Kateretes Herbst, 1793 ^{i c g b}
• Neobrachypterus Jelínek, 1979 ^{i c g}
• †Cretaretes Peris and Jelínek 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †Eoceniretes Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2008 ^g
• †Furcalabratum Poinar and Brown, 2018, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Lebanoretes Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

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

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