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Monommatini
Tribe of beetles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Monommatini is a tribe of beetles known as monommatid beetles.[1] They are in the ironclad beetle family, Zopheridae. There are about 15 genera and 300 described species in Monommatini. They are found worldwide, with the greatest diversity in Madagascar.[1][2] They are commonly associated with rotting plant matter such as the dry rotting cambium of trees.[1]
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Taxonomy
Monommatini has been considered a family (Monommatidae)[1] and subfamily (Monommatinae) in the past, but is now treated as a tribe in the subfamily Zopherinae.[3][4]
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