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Promecheilidae
Promecheilidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. Perimylopidae is considered a synonym. They are found in southern South America and associated archipelagos like South Georgia and the Falklands, New Zealand and Tasmania. Some species are associated tree ferns and moss-covered dead wood, and other forested habitats, while others are associated with peat bogs, grasslands and coastal habitats. They are probably phytophagus, feeding on lichen, moss, and other plant material.
Adult beetles have an 11 segmented antenna, the head is narrowed behind the eye. They have a tarsal formula of 5-5-4. The family is part of a clade that includes the Archeocrypticidae, Mycetophagidae, and Ulodidae.
9 branches of this family, most-observed first
Onysius
genusOnysius
Hydromedion
genusHydromedion
Parahelops
genusParahelops
Perimylops
genusPerimylops
Promecheilus
genusPromecheilus
Melytra
genusMelytra
Sirrhas
genusSirrhas
Chanopterus
genusChanopterus
Pseudodarwinella
genusPseudodarwinella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 501475.