Helotidae is a family of beetles in the suborder Polyphaga with about five living genera, including Helota, Neohelota, Afrohelotina, Metahelotella, and Strophohelota, found mainly in the tropical Old World but absent from Australia and Madagascar. Members have antennal clubs of three segments that retract into grooves beneath the head and reduced wing venation with only four anal veins, associate with sap, fruit, and flowers, and some larvae bore into wood to pupate. The family fossil record runs from the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous to the present.
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Taxonomic Rank Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ1035192, descriptionView the Source 2. Helotidae (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Helotidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
In Group: Other Beetle Families (Polyphaga), Lead
Helotidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.
View the Source3. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Helotidae
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Helotidae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 125.77 ... "early_interval": "Barremian"
Wikidata: Helotidae
Wikidata Q1035192, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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