- Source: Ptilodactylidae
Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the Elateriformia. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with riparian and aquatic habitats. The larvae generally live associated with rotting wood or vegetation, or within gravel and detritus on the edge of water bodies. The larvae of some species feed on submerged rotting wood or on plant roots, while the adults of some species are known to feed on fungus with modified brush-like maxillae.
Genera
Subfamily Anchytarsinae Champion, 1897
Anchycteis Horn, 1880
Anchytarsus Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Byrrocryptus Broun, 1893
Epilichas White, 1859
Pseudoepilichas Armstrong & Nakane, 1956
†Electrolichas Alekseev & Jäch 2016 Baltic amber, Eocene
Subfamily Cladotominae Pic, 1914
Austrolichus Lawrence & Stribling, 1992
Cladotoma Westwood, 1837
Drupeus Lewis, 1895
Hovactyla Fairmaire, 1901
Paralichus White, 1859
Pseudocladotoma Pic, 1918
Subfamily Apoglossinae Champion, 1897
Apoglossa Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Bradytoma Guérin-Méneville, 1849
Octoglossa Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Subfamily Araeopidiinae Lawrence, 1991
Araeopidius Cockerell, 1906
Subfamily Ptilodactylinae Laporte, 1836
Chelonariomorphus Pic, 1916
Daemon Laporte, 1836
Falsotherius Pic, 1913
Lachnodactyla Champion, 1897
Microdrupeus Nakane, 1993
Pherocladus Fairmaire, 1881
Podabrocephalus Pic, 1913
Ptilodactyla Illiger, 1807
Stirophora Champion, 1897
Subfamily Unplaced
Aphebodactyla Chatzimanolis, Cashion, Engel, & Falin, 2012
Falsoptilodactyla Pic, 1958
Ptilodactyloides Motschulsky, 1856
Therius Guérin-Méneville, 1849
Valoka Deleve, 1872
†Aphebodactyla Chatzimanolis et al. 2012 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Ptilodactyloides Motschulsky 1856 Baltic amber, Eocene