Mesocoelopodinae

Mesocoelopodinae is a subfamily of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least 4 genera and 100 described species in Mesocoelopodinae.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Mesocoelopodinae
Mesocoelopus collaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Ptinidae
Subfamily:	Mesocoelopodinae Mulsant & Rey, 1864
Synonyms[1]
Mesothinae Portevin, 1931 Tricoryninae White, 1971

Tricorynus herbarius

Mesocoelopus niger

The subfamily Mesocoelopodinae, along with Anobiinae and several others, were formerly considered members of the family Anobiidae, but the family name has since been changed to Ptinidae.^[5][3][4][2]

Genera

These four genera belong to the subfamily Mesocoelopodinae:

• Cryptorama Fall, 1905 ^{i c g}
• Mesocoelopus Jacquelin du Val, 1860 ^{i c g b}
• Neosothes White, 1967 ^{i g}
• Tricorynus Waterhouse, 1849 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[1] c = Catalogue of Life,^[6] g = GBIF,^[7] b = Bugguide.net^[2]