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Biphyllidae

Description

Biphyllidae or False Skin Beetles is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. Worldwide, about 195 species are known. They live under the bark of dead trees and feed on fungi. It contains the following genera:


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biphyllidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7772https://www.gbif.org/species/7772
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)69466https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=69466
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Biphyllidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-ColeopteridaKukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
orderColeopteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCleroideaLatreille 1802
familyBiphyllidaeLeconte 1861
Common Namefalse skin beetle
Scientific NameBiphyllidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Biphyllidaefamilybelongs to Clavicorniastated without evidenceCrowson, 1981
Biphyllidaefamilybelongs to Cucujoideastated without evidenceLawrence and Newton, 1995
Biphyllidaefamilybelongs to Cleroideastated with evidenceRobertson et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (40%)
First Recorded Appearance85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. A. Crowson. 1981. The Biology of the Coleoptera. Academic Press, New York
Common Name(s) Dynsvampbaggar, False Skin Beetles, False Skin Beetle
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biphyllidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Anchorius
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Biphyllus
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Diplocoelus
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		138.0 Ma
Eocene		0 Ma
Extant
Paleobiphyllus ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)185.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1861Biphyllidae Leconte
1981Biphyllidae Crowson p. 697
1995Biphyllidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2015Biphyllidae Robertson et al. p. 769
2019Biphyllidae Gimmel et al.

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
Robertson J. A., Ślipiński A., et al (2015) Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia), Systematic Entomology 40, 745-778
Gimmel M. L., Bocakova M., et al (2019) Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia), Systematic Entomology 44, 527-558
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
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)
Goodrich, Michael A. / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Michael C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds., 2002: Family 89. Biphyllidae Le Conte 1861. American Beetles, vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 356-357. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Robertson, James A., Adam Slipinski, Matthew Moulton, Floyd W. Shockley, Adriano Giorgi, et al., 2015: Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology, vol. 40, no. 4. 745-778. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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
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
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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