TETRATOMIDAE Billberg, 1820
(shiny fungus beetles)

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Tetratoma
shiny fungus beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyTETRATOMIDAE (shiny fungus beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Buck, F.D. 1954 Coleoptera: Lagriidae, Alleculidae, Tetratomidae, Melandryidae etc Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol V. Part 9, 30pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Wright, R. 2011 Beginner’s Guide : The British species of Erotylidae and Tetratomidae Beetle News Vol 3(3): 7.

Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1943 Larvae of British Beetles IV: Various small families EMM 79: 263 Ent. Mon. Mag. 78-9: 209-223.

TETRATOMIDAE (shiny fungus beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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