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Kateretidae  Erichson in Agassiz, 1846
Taxonomic Serial No.: 999558

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Kateretidae W. Kirby, 1837
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - unavailable, other   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

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  Source: Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, database (version May 2025)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Bouchard, P. (2024). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about   
  Reference for: Kateretidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cline, Andrew R.   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: Commentary on priority of the family-group name Kateretidae Erichson (Cucujoidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Coleopterists' Bulletin, vol. 60, no. 3   
  Page(s): 271-272   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0010-065X   
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  Reference for: Kateretidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cline, Andrew R., Trevor R. Smith, Kelly Miller, Matthew Moulton, Michael Whiting, and Paolo Audisio   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematic Entomology, vol. 39, no. 4   
  Page(s): 758-772   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0307-6970   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/syen.12084   
  Reference for: Kateretidae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Although sometimes attributed to Erichson in Agassiz (1846) the family-group name based on genus Kateretes was first made available by W. Kirby (1837)  
 

 

    


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