Jacobsoniidae

Jacobsoniidae
Temporal range: latest Albian - Present
~100–0 Ma
Sarothrias sinicus in various views, scale bar = 0.5 mm
Saphophagus minutus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Jacobsoniidae
Heller, 1926
Synonyms
  • Sarothriidae Crowson, 1955
  • Derolathriinae Sen Gupta, 1979

Jacobsoniidae are a family of tiny beetles belonging to Staphylinoidea.[1] The larvae and adults live under bark, in plant litter, fungi, bat guano and rotten wood.[2] There are around 28 described species in three genera:[3]

  1. ^ Zhang, S. Q.; Che, L. H.; Li, Y.; Liang, D.; Pang, H.; Ślipiński, A.; Zhang, P. (2018). "Evolutionary history of Coleoptera revealed by extensive sampling of genes and species". Nature Communications. 9 (1): 205. Bibcode:2018NatCo...9..205Z. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02644-4. PMC 5768713. PMID 29335414.
  2. ^ Michael A. Ivie (2002). Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas (ed.). American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2 of American Beetles. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  3. ^ Háva, Jiří (2022). "World catalogue of the family Jacobsoniidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea)" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)