Jurasaidae is a family of elateroid beetles known from around a half-dozen species in two genera found the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest including drier transitional areas bordering the Caatinga. All known species have neotenic larva-like females and normal males, similar to some other elateroids. They occur in the soil horizon immediately under leaf litter, with the larvae likely being fungivorous, consuming the fluids of fungal hyphae.Rosa, S.P., Costa, C., Kramp, K., Kundrata, R. (2020) Hidden diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest: the discovery of Jurasaidae, a new beetle family (Coleoptera, Elateroidea) with neotenic females. Sci Rep 10, 1544. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58416-6.Nunes, J.P., Nascimento, M., Pereira-Colavite, A. (2023) A new species of Jurasai Rosa et al., 2020 and the first record of the family Jurasaidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) in the northern Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Zootaxa 5323 (4): 524–534. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.4.4.
Taxonomy Genus Jurasai Rosa et al., 2020 Jurasai digitusdei Rosa et al., 2020 Jurasai itajubense Rosa et al., 2020 Jurasai miraculum Biffi et al., 2021 Jurasai parahybanum Nunes et al., 2023 Jurasai vanini Biffi et al., 2021 Jurasai ypauoca Roza, 2021 Genus Tujamita Rosa et al.., 2020 Tujamita plenalatum Rosa et al., 2020
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