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Zopherinae is a subfamily of beetles, commonly known as ironclad beetles. Together with the subfamily Usechinae, they have been treated historically as a family, but have recently been joined by several additional taxa, making the Zopheridae a much larger composite family, and the Zopherinae are now only a small component within it, consisting of seven genera in the tribe Zopherini and one genus, ''Phellopsis'' in its own tribe (Phellopsini). These beetles are apparently fungivores and associated with rotting wood, and as the common name implies, have one of the hardest of all arthropod exoskeletons; in some species, it is almost impossible to drive an insect pin through their bodies without using a small drill to make a hole first. When disturbed, ironclad beetles play dead. Some species in the genus ''Zopherus'' in Mexico are decorated with costume jewelry glued to their bodies, and sold as living brooches, known as ''ma'kech''. == Selected species == *Genus ''Phellopsis'' LeConte, 1862 :''Phellopsis montana'' Casey, 1907 :''Phellopsis obcordata'' (Kirby, 1837) :''Phellopsis porcata'' :''Phellopsis robustula'' Casey, 1907 *Genus ''Nosoderma'' Solier, 1841 :''Nosoderma aequale'' :''Nosoderma diabolicum'' (LeConte, 1851) :''Nosoderma exsculptum'' :''Nosoderma guatemalense'' :''Nosoderma inaequale'' :''Nosoderma plicatum'' (LeConte, 1859) :''Nosoderma sylvaticum'' :''Nosoderma zunilense'' *Genus ''Zopherus'' Laporte, 1840 :''Zopherus championi'' Triplehorn, 1972 :''Zopherus chilensis'' :''Zopherus concolor'' LeConte, 1851 :''Zopherus elegans'' Horn, 1870 :''Zopherus gracilis'' Horn, 1867 :''Zopherus granicollis'' Horn, 1885 :''Zopherus jansoni'' :''Zopherus jourdani'' :''Zopherus laevicollis'' :''Zopherus nervosus'' :''Zopherus nodulosus'' Solier, 1841 :''Zopherus opacus'' Horn, 1867 :''Zopherus sanctaehelenae'' (Blaisdell, 1931) :''Zopherus tristis'' LeConte, 1851 :''Zopherus uteanus'' (Casey, 1907) :''Zopherus xestus'' Triplehorn, 1972 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zopherinae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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