Chalcodryidae

The Chalcodryidae are a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea.^[1][2] It contains at least five species in two genera Chalcodrya and Philpottia, which are endemic to New Zealand. They are generally found associated with moss or lichen covered branches, with the larvae having been found to be associated with dead twigs. They are likely noctural, feeding on lichen and other plant material at night.^[3] The genera Sirrhas and Onysius, formerly placed in this family, have subsequently been transferred to Promecheilidae.^[4]

Chalcodryidae
Chalcodrya variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Tenebrionoidea
Family:	Chalcodryidae Watt, 1974

Taxonomy

It contains these genera and species:

• Genus Chalcodrya Redtenbacher, 1868^[5]
  • Chalcodrya hilaris Watt, 1974
  • Chalcodrya variegata Redtenbacher, 1868

• Genus Philpottia Broun, 1915^[6]
  • Philpottia levinotis Watt, 1974
  • Philpottia mollis (Broun, 1886)