KATERETIDAE Kirby, 1837
(a family of pollen or sap beetles)

KATERETIDAE (a family of pollen or sap beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

KATERETIDAE (a family of pollen or sap beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Brachypterolus
a genus of pollen or sap beetles
Genus 4 subtaxa 4 trophisms
Brachypterus glaber
a pollen or sap beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Brachypterus urticae
Nettle Pollen Beetle
Species 3 trophisms
Kateretes
a genus of pollen or sap beetles
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyKATERETIDAE (a family of pollen or sap beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for KATERETIDAE (a family of pollen or sap beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. 1996 Pollen Beetles - Coleoptera: Kateretidae and Nitidulidae: meligethinae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 6a, 157pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

KATERETIDAE (a family of pollen or sap beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to KATERETIDAE (a family of pollen or sap beetles):

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