Agapythidae is a family of beetles containing a single genus, Agapytho, and a single species, Agapytho foveicollis, endemic to New Zealand. Both the larvae and adults live in sooty mold on Nothofagus trees and are thought to feed on it, and the lineage, established as its own family in 1969 from a genus first described in 1921, has been described as a Mesozoic relict surviving in New Zealand. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ220802, descriptionView the Source 2. Agapythidae (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Agapytho is the only genus of beetles in the family Agapythidae.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the SourceWikidata: Agapythidae
Wikidata Q18607159, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Agapytho (Wikipedia)
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Agapytho is the only genus of beetles in the family Agapythidae.
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