The family Scraptiidae is a small group of tenebrionoid beetles sometimes called false flower beetles. There are about 400 species in 30 genera with a world-wide distribution. The adults are found on flowers, sometimes in large numbers, but are also found on foliage. The larvae are typically found under the bark of dead trees.Lawrence, John F. and Ślipinśki, Adam. "11.28. Scraptiidae Mulsant, 1856". 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. 746-750. The oldest fossils of the group date to the Eocene.
Genera Genera include:
Allopoda Anaspis Canifa Cyrtanaspis Diclidia Larisia Nassipa Naucles Neoscraptia Pectotoma Pentaria Pseudopentaria Scraptia Silaria Sphingocephalus Trotomma Trotommidea
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