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Subfamily of beetles
Ceratocanthinae is a subfamily of the
scarabaeoid beetle family
Hybosoridae . It includes three tribes comprising 43 genera and 366 species; it was formerly treated as a separate family, Ceratocanthidae.
Ceratocanthinae are small sized beetles from 2.0 to 10.0 millimeters in length. Adult beetles can be found on the bark and branches of dead trees and on
fungus .
Ceratocanthinae are relatively widespread. They can be found in
Australian ,
Afrotropical ,
Indomalaysian ,
Neotropical ,
Nearctic , and
Palaearctic regions.
The adults have been found to
associate with
termites and
ants . Larvae live under bark and in burrows of bessbugs (
Passalidae ).
The subfamily Ceratocanthinae contains 43 genera:
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Acanthocerodes Péringuey, 1901
Afrocloetus Petrovitz, 1968
Aneilobolus Hesse, 1948
Anopsiostes Paulian, 1982
Astaenomoechus Martínez & Pereira, 1959
Aulisostes Howden & Gill, 2000
Baloghianestes Paulian, 1968
Besuchetostes Paulian, 1972
Callophilharmostes Paulian, 1968
Carinophilharmostes Paulian, 1968
Ceratocanthoides Paulian, 1982
Ceratocanthopsis Paulian, 1982
Ceratocanthus White, 1842
Chaetophilharmostes Paulian, 1977
Cloeotus Germar, 1843
Congomostes Paulian, 1968
Cryptophilharmostes Ballerio, 2000
Cryptosphaeroides Ballerio, 2009
Cyphopisthes Gestro, 1898
Ebbrittoniella Martínez, 1962
Eusphaeropeltis Gestro, 1898
Germarostes Paulian, 1982
Glyptogermarostes Ocampo & Ballerio, 2006
Goudotostes Paulian, 1979
Ivieolus Howden & Gill, 1988
Macrophilharmostes Paulian, 1978
Madrasostes Paulian, 1975
Martinezostes Paulian, 1982
Melanophilharmostes Paulian, 1968
Nesopalla Paulian & Howden, 1982
Oxymorostes Ballerio, 2009
Paulianostes Ballerio, 2000
Perignamptus Harold, 1877
Petrovitzostes Paulian, 1977
Philharmostes Kolbe, 1895
Pseudopterorthochaetes Paulian, 1977
Pseudosynarmostes Ballerio, 2009
Pterorthochaetes Gestro, 1898
Scarabaeinus Silvestri, 1940
Scarabatermes Howden, 1973
Synarmostes Germar, 1843
Trachycrusus Howden & Gill, 1995
Xenocanthus Howden & Gill, 1988