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'''''Agapytho''''' is the only genus of [[beetles]] in the family '''Agapythidae'''. The genus contains a single species, '''''Agapytho foveicollis''''', |
'''''Agapytho''''' is the only genus of [[beetles]] in the family '''Agapythidae'''. The genus contains a single species, '''''Agapytho foveicollis''''', which is endemic to New Zealand.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=Leschen2005/><ref name=Bouchard2011/> Larvae and adults are found on [[sooty mold]] growing on ''[[Nothofagus]]'' trees. Gut contents indicate that at least adult ''Agapytho'' consume the sooty mould as part of their diet.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gimmel|first1=Matthew L.|last2=Szawaryn|first2=Karol|last3=Cai|first3=Chenyang|last4=Leschen|first4=Richard A. B.|date=2019-12-18|title=Mesozoic sooty mould beetles as living relicts in New Zealand|url= |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|language=en|volume=286|issue=1917|pages=20192176|doi=10.1098/rspb.2019.2176|issn=0962-8452|pmc=6939926|pmid=31847777}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Leschen |first=Richard A. B. |title=10.11. Agapythidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969 |date=2010-12-31 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110911213.334/html |work=Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim) |pages=334–336 |editor-last=Kükenthal |editor-first=Willy |publisher=DE GRUYTER |doi=10.1515/9783110911213.334 |isbn=978-3-11-019075-5 |access-date=2022-10-02 |last2=Lawrence |first2=John F. |editor2-last=Leschen |editor2-first=Richard A.B. |editor3-last=Beutel |editor3-first=Rolf G. |editor4-last=Lawrence |editor4-first=John F.}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Agapythidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969 |
| Genus: | Agapytho Broun, 1921 |
| Species: | A. foveicollis
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| Agapytho foveicollis Broun, 1921
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Agapytho is the only genus of beetles in the family Agapythidae. The genus contains a single species, Agapytho foveicollis, which is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2][3][4] Larvae and adults are found on sooty mold growing on Nothofagus trees. Gut contents indicate that at least adult Agapytho consume the sooty mould as part of their diet.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^ "Agapytho". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^ Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Ślipiński, S.A. (2005). "Classification of basal Cucujoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga): cladistic analysis, keys and review of new families". Invertebrate Systematics. 19 (1). Csiro Publishing: 17. doi:10.1071/IS04007.
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- ^ Gimmel, Matthew L.; Szawaryn, Karol; Cai, Chenyang; Leschen, Richard A. B. (2019-12-18). "Mesozoic sooty mould beetles as living relicts in New Zealand". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1917): 20192176. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.2176. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 6939926. PMID 31847777.
- ^ Leschen, Richard A. B.; Lawrence, John F. (2010-12-31), Kükenthal, Willy; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Lawrence, John F. (eds.), "10.11. Agapythidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969", Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), DE GRUYTER, pp. 334–336, doi:10.1515/9783110911213.334, ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5, retrieved 2022-10-02