Ptilodactylidae



Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the Elateriformia. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with riparian and aquatic habitats. The larvae generally live associated with rotting wood or vegetation, or within gravel and detritus on the edge of water bodies. The larvae of some species feed on submerged rotting wood or on plant roots, while the adults of some species are known to feed on fungus with modified brush-like maxillae.

Genera
Subfamily Anchytarsinae Champion, 1897 Subfamily Cladotominae Pic, 1914 Subfamily Apoglossinae Champion, 1897 Subfamily Araeopidiinae Lawrence, 1991 Subfamily Ptilodactylinae Laporte, 1836 Subfamily Unplaced
 * Anchycteis Horn, 1880
 * Anchytarsus Guérin-Méneville, 1843
 * Byrrocryptus Broun, 1893
 * Epilichas White, 1859
 * Pseudoepilichas Armstrong & Nakane, 1956
 * †Electrolichas Alekseev & Jäch 2016 Baltic amber, Eocene
 * Austrolichus Lawrence & Stribling, 1992
 * Cladotoma Westwood, 1837
 * Drupeus Lewis, 1895
 * Hovactyla Fairmaire, 1901
 * Paralichus White, 1859
 * Pseudocladotoma Pic, 1918
 * Apoglossa Guérin-Méneville, 1843
 * Bradytoma Guérin-Méneville, 1849
 * Octoglossa Guérin-Méneville, 1843
 * Araeopidius Cockerell, 1906
 * Chelonariomorphus Pic, 1916
 * Daemon Laporte, 1836
 * Falsotherius Pic, 1913
 * Lachnodactyla Champion, 1897
 * Microdrupeus Nakane, 1993
 * Pherocladus Fairmaire, 1881
 * Podabrocephalus Pic, 1913
 * Ptilodactyla Illiger, 1807
 * Stirophora Champion, 1897
 * Aphebodactyla Chatzimanolis, Cashion, Engel, & Falin, 2012
 * Falsoptilodactyla Pic, 1958
 * Ptilodactyloides Motschulsky, 1856
 * Therius Guérin-Méneville, 1849
 * Valoka Deleve, 1872
 * †Aphebodactyla Chatzimanolis et al. 2012 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
 * †Ptilodactyloides Motschulsky 1856 Baltic amber, Eocene