Stenotrachelidae

Stenotrachelidae, commonly called false longhorn beetles is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. They are native to the Northern Hemisphere. The larvae feed on heavily decomposed wood, while the adults are likely short lived and probably feed on pollen.^[1]

Stenotrachelidae
Cephaloon ungulare
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Tenebrionoidea
Family:	Stenotrachelidae C. G. Thomson, 1859
Genera
Anelpistus Cephaloon Nematoplus Scotodes Stenocephaloon Stenotrachelus
Synonyms
Stenotrachelidae

Classification

The false longhorn beetles belong to the large superfamily Tenebrionoidea. There are three subfamilies with about 6 genera and 20 species:^[2]

• Stenotrachelinae: Anelpistus, Scotodes, Stenocephaloon and Stenotrachelus
• Nematoplinae: Nematoplus
• Cephaloinae: Cephaloon