The Ulodidae are a family of beetles belonging to Tenebrionoidea. They are native to the Southern Hemisphere, with species found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Chile. Larvae and adults are generally found on dead wood or fungus associated with rotting wood, and are mycophagous. There are approximately 40 species in 16 genera.^[1][2]

Ulodidae
Drawing of Syrphetodes marginatus
Larva of Meryx rugosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Tenebrionoidea
Family:	UlodidaePascoe, 1869 Genera See text Taxonomy edit Arthopus (New Zealand) Brouniphylax (New Zealand) Dipsaconia (Australia) Exohadrus (New Zealand) Ganyme (Australia) Meryx (Australia) Notocerastes (Australia) Phaennis (Australia) Pteroderes (Chile) Syrphetodes (New Zealand) Trachyderas (Chile) Trachyderastes (New Caleodonia) Ulobostrichus (Australia) Ulocyphaleus (Chile) Ulodes (Australia) †Waitomophylax (New Zealand, Holocene) References edit ^ Leschen, Richard A. B. and Ślipinśki, Adam. "11.10. Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 559-563. ^ Leschen, Richard A. B.; Escalona, Hermes E.; Elgueta, Mario (2016-07-18). "Phylogeny of the Gondwanan beetle family Ulodidae (Tenebrionoidea)". Zootaxa. 4138 (3): 441. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334.