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Throscidae Temporal range: Barremian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trixagus carinifrons
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Superfamily:	Elateroidea
Family:	Throscidae Laporte, 1840

Throscidae is a family of elateroid beetles found worldwide (except New Zealand) with around 150 species in 5 extant genera. The larvae are soil-dwelling, siphoning fluid from mycorrhizae attached to trees. The adults are short-lived, with the adult males being noted for a complex mating dance. Like some other elateroids, they are capable of clicking.

Genera

• Aulonothroscus Horn, 1890
• Cryptophthalma Cobos, 1982
• Pactopus LeConte, 1868
• Potergus Bonvouloir, 1871
• Trixagus Kugelann, 1794

Fossil genera

• †Jaira Muona 1993 Baltic amber, Eocene
• †Potergosoma Kovalev and Kirejtshuk 2013 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
• †Rhomboaspis Kovalev and Kirejtshuk 2013 Lebanese amber, Barremian
• †Trixagosoma Li et al., 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †Tyrannothroscus Muona 2019 Baltic amber, Eocene
• †Captopus Li, Huang & Cai, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Electrothroscus Li, Huang & Cai, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Pseudopactopus Li, Huang & Cai, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

1. Muona, Jyrki and Lawrence, John F.. "4.6. Throscidae Laporte, 1840". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 69-74.
2. ^ Li, Yan-Da; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (January 2021). "New Genera and Species of the Family Throscidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber". Insects. 12 (1): 63. doi:10.3390/insects12010063. PMC 7826609. PMID 33445628.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
• Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.
• Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
• Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.

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