Biphyllidae
J.L. LeConte, 1861
False Skin Beetles
Genus Guides
2, commonly known as , is a of small beetles in the superfamily Cleroidea. The family contains approximately 195 described distributed globally except New Zealand. Members are primarily found in concealed microhabitats including under bark of dead trees and in leaf litter. The family includes 11 extant plus one fossil genus from Late Cretaceous Taimyr amber.
Pronunciation
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Habitat
Under bark of dead trees and in leaf litter. Specific associations include temperate forests, Mediterranean forests, and Valdivian rainforest in Chile.
Distribution
distribution excluding New Zealand. Documented from Chile (Los Ríos region), with records from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The Anchorius has its southernmost South American record in Chile.
Diet
Mycophagous; feeds on fungi.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- First report of the genus Anchorius Casey, 1900 (Coleoptera: Biphyllidae) in Chile, with description of a new species
- Aextoxicola pilolcurensis, a new genus and species of false skin beetles (Coleoptera, Biphyllidae) from the Chilean Valdivian rainforest.