Brachypsectridae
The Brachypsectridae are a family of beetles commonly known as the Texas beetles. There are only two extant genera, "Brachypsectra" and "Asiopsectra." The type species, "Brachypsectra fulva" (LeConte, 1874), occurs in North America. Other species in the genus have a cosmopolitan distribution. Two other extant and fossil species have been described from the Dominican Republic. While formerly considered monogeneric, in 2016 "Asiopsectra" was described from specimens found in Iran and Tajikistan. Two extinct genera, "Vetubrachypsectra" and "Hongipsectra", known from adults, and a larval genus, "Cretopsectra" are known from Cenomanian aged Burmese amber. Taxonomy. The family is somewhat enigmatic since  the discovery and description of the first species, "Brachypsectra fulva". This was originally included in the family Dascillidae, but was later placed in the new family Brachypsectridae by Horn (1881). Description. Members of this family are small (4–8 mm), flattened, relatively soft-bodied, brown or yellow beetles with large eyes. The elytra are indistinctly striated and the antennae form a club. The larvae are distinctive being described by Gordon Floyd Ferris in 1927 and Blair in 1930 as being "entomological enigmas". They were not associated with the adult beetles until 25 years after their discovery by Barber in 1905. They  are ovate and flattened and have moderately long, lateral lobes lined with elongated feathery lobules on all the thoracic segments and the first eight abdominal segments. The head and the posterior abdominal segments are relatively small and dark-coloured.