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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Kateretidae Sub Family   Description   a family of pollen beetles Background to Family   Nine small species developing as larvae in flower buds, and whose adults feed on pollen. The genera have distinctive host preferences: Brachypterus on nettles (Urtica), Brachypterolus on Linaria and Antirrhinum (Scrophulariaceae), and Kateretes on rushes (Juncus) and sedges (Carex) in wetlands.     No. taxa in DBIF   9 No. interactions   25 % interactions with British data   52% No. records   41 % taxa with British data   100% Notes   Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, errors in original sources, or for misspellings. New material added from Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. (1996) Pollen beetles. Coleoptera: Kateretidae and Nitidulidae: Meligethinae. Handbk Ident. Br. Insects 5(6a). London: Royal Entomological Society.; The Kateretidae was previously treated as the subfamily Cateretinae in the Nitidulidae.; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1996 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.