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Eucnemidae

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The Eucnemidae, false click beetles, are a family of polyphagan beetles including about 1700 species distributed worldwide.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucnemidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9644	https://www.gbif.org/species/9644
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	69359	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=69359

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Eucnemidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Elateriformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Elateroidea	Leach 1815
family	Eucnemidae	Eschscholtz 1829

Common Name

false click beetle

Scientific Name

Eucnemidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eucnemidae	family	belongs to Elateroidea	stated without evidence	Crowson, 1981
Eucnemidae	family	belongs to Elateroidea	stated with evidence	Bouchard et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

39 (53%)

First Recorded Appearance

152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. A. Crowson. 1981. The Biology of the Coleoptera. Academic Press, New York

Common Name(s)

Zaagsprietkevers, False Click Beetles, False Click Beetle, Halvknäppare, Småknäppare

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucnemidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eucneminae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		7	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Macraulacinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		19	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Melasinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		13	50.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Palaeoxeninae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Perothopinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Phlegoninae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Phyllocerinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Pseudomeninae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Adelothyreus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agalba genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anelastes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anelastidius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anischia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arrhipis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asiocnemis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Australorhagus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Beattieellus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	152 Ma Late Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Bioxylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calyptocerus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceratogonys genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceratus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cladus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clypeorhagus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cobosidea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cretopoena ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Deltometopus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Dirrhagofarsus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dromaeolus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Dyscharachthis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Entomophthalmus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entomosatopus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epiphanis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	50.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Erdaia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eucalodemas genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eucnemis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Eudorus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euryaulacus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euryptychus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Farsus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fornax genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Fryanus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gagatellus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galbites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gastraulacus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heterotaxis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hylochares genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hylotastella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hypocoelus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Idiotarsus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Isarthrus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Isorhipis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lacus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lamprotrichus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lissantauga ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Melasis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesogenus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microtrigonus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Namolius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nebulatorpidus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nematodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neodiaeretus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neodiapodius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neomathion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Onichodon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Otho genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeoxenus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Pereirella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phlegon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phyllocerus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Piestocera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plesiofornax genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Porraulacus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Potergites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Procladidus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proxylobius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudochapianus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Quirsfeldia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Raapia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhacopus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhagomicrus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Saproxylobius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sarpedon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Schizophilus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scython genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serrifornax genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sieglindea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Spinifornax genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Stethon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Talerax genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnillus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thambus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Throscogenius ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Torigaia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vitellius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dirrhagus modestus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dirrhagus morimotoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dirrhagus nigrinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dirrhagus pectinicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dirrhagus towadensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dirrhagus yasumatsui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Portofarsus caribicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spinifarnax donneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Perothopidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Perothopidae
Anischiidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Anischiidae
Aulacostenus Motschulsky, 1869	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Eucnemidae : *Aulacostenus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1829	Eucnemidae Eschscholtz
1981	Eucnemidae Crowson p. 696
1995	Eucnemidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011	Eucnemidae Bouchard et al.
2016	Eucnemidae Oberprieler et al. p. 181
2016	Eucnemidae Webster
2019	Eucnemidae Otto

References

Crowson R. A. (1981) The Biology of the Coleoptera, Academic Press, New York

Lawrence J. F., Newton, Jr. A. F. (1995) Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera, Biology, Phylogeny and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A Crowson, 779-1006

Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972

Oberprieler R. G., Ashman L. G., et al (2016) The first elateroid beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Elateroidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Australia, Zootaxa 4147, 177-191

Webster R. P. (2016) Checklist of the Coleoptera of New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 573, 387-512

Otto R. L. (2019) Descriptions of two new elateroid beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae, Elateridae) from Burmese amber, Insecta Mundi 702, 1-6

Muona J (2000) A revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae. Acta Zoologica Fennica 212: 1-106. - via Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition.

Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds., 1995: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2. 779-1006. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Slipinski, A.; Smith, A. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. 88: 1-972. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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