RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 5a. Coleoptera. Rhizophagidae

The family Rhizophagidae (Superfamily Cucujoidea) comprises four subfamilies (Crowson, 1955), two of which are represented in Britain: the Rhizophaginae and the Monotominae. The subfamily Rhizophaginae is founded on the holarctic genus Rhizophagus Herbst which contains 45 species, 12 of which occur in Britain. (One of these, R. aeneus (Richter), is in the subgenus Cyanostolus Ganglbauer which will be raised to generic status-Peacock in prep.) The Monotominae are almost world-wide in range and include 15 genera comprising 157 species. Nine of these, all in the genus M onotoma Herbst, occur in Britain.