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Declinia

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Declinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Scirtoidea
Family: Decliniidae
Nikitsky, Lawrence, Kirejtshuk & Gratshev, 1994
Genus: Declinia
Nikitsky, Lawrence, Kirejtshuk & Gratshev, 1994

Decliniidae is a family of beetles belonging to Scirtoidea. It contains the single genus Declinia with two species, D. relicta and D. versicolor, found in the Russian Far East and Japan, respectively.[1] Little is known of their ecology, and their larvae are unknown. Specimens of D. relicta were found with pollen grains in their gut.[2]

Species

References

  1. ^ Decliniidae, Declinia at the Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved on 13 April 2013.
  2. ^ Lawrence, John F.. "Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821: Coleoptera, Beetles". Handbook of Zoology Online, edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.