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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles (Bostrichoidea)

Superfamily Bostrichoidea - Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited
Dermestes talpinus from dead skunk - Dermestes talpinus Old, dark, shelf fungus beetle - Dorcatoma pallicornis Tufted-tail dermestid larvae - Anthrenus verbasci Varied Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus verbasci small brown beetle - Tricorynus Trogoxylon sp. - Trogoxylon carpet beetle - Anthrenus verbasci Anobiid - Byrrhodes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Bostrichoidea (Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles)
Numbers
Nosodendridae - Wounded-tree Beetles [chapter 67 (1)]
Dermestidae - Carpet Beetles [chapter 68 (1)]
Bostrichidae - Horned Powder-post Beetles [chapter 69 (1)]
Anobiidae - Death-watch and Spider Beetles [chapter 70 (1)]
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:28am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 3 April, 2007 - 7:07am

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