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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Boring Insect (Drugstore Beetle) ?? - Stegobium paniceum beetle 24 - Xeranobium Wood-boring beetle larva - Ptilinus ruficornis Powder-post Beetle - Stephanopachys asperulus Powder-post Beetle - Stephanopachys asperulus Dermestes sp., possibly D. caninus? - Dermestes caninus beetle070218 - Oligomerus Amphicerus cornutus? - Amphicerus cornutus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nosodendridae recently transferred to Derodontoidea(1)
Numbers
4 families, all represented in our area(2)
Print References
(3)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera, Beetles; Morphology and Systematics vol. 2
Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence. 2010. De Gruyter.
2.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
3.Molecular systematics and evolution of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) and related families
Bell K.L., Philips T.K. 2012. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 165: 88-108.
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:28am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 1:25pm

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