Anamorphidae

Anamorphidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, formerly included within the family Endomychidae.^[1] They are found worldwide. Like enchomyids, they are fungivores, with adult and larval stages thought to exclusively consume fungal spores.^[2]

Anamorphidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Symbiotes latus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Coccinelloidea
Family:	Anamorphidae Strohecker, 1953
Synonyms
Acritosomatinae Pakaluk and Slipinski, 1995

Genera

After^[3]

• Aclemmysa Reitter, 1904
• Acritosoma Pakaluk and Slipinski, 1995
• Afralexia Strohecker, 1967
• Anagaricophilus Arrow, 1922
• Anamorphus LeConte, 1878
• Anamycetaea Strohecker, 1975c
• Asymbius Gorham, 1896
• Austroclemmus Strohecker, 1953a
• Baeochelys Strohecker, 1974b
• Bryodryas Strohecker, 1974d
• Bystodes Strohecker, 1953a
• Bystus Guérin-Méneville, 1857
• Catapotia Thomson, 1860
• Clemmus Hampe, 1850
• Coryphus Csiki, 1902b
• Cyrtomychus Kolbe, 1910
• Cysalemma Dajoz, 1970b
• Dexialia Sasaji, 1970
• Dialexia Gorham, 1887–99
• Endocoelus Gorham, 1886
• Erotendomychus Lea, 1922
• Exysma Gorham, 1891
• Exysmodes Dajoz, 1970a
• Geoendomychus Lea, 1922
• Idiophyes Blackburn, 1895
• Loeblia Dajoz, 1972a
• Malagaricophilus Strohecker, 1974d
• Micropsephodes Champion, 1913
• Micropsephus Gorham, 1891
• Mychothenus Strohecker, 1953a
• Papuella Strohecker, 1956a
• Pararhymbus Arrow, 1920b
• Parasymbius Arrow, 1920a
• Rhymbillus Reichensperger, 1915
• Rhymbomicrus Casey, 1916
• Symbiotes Redtenbacher, 1847

Extinct genera and a species of Symbiotes are known from Eocene aged Baltic and Bitterfeld amber.^[4] Members of the extinct genus Palaeosymbius are known from the Late Cretaceous Burmese amber from Myanmar.^[5]