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Family Agyrtidae - Primitive Carrion Beetles

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles
No Taxon Series Staphyliniformia
Superfamily Staphylinoidea - Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles
Family Agyrtidae - Primitive Carrion Beetles

Genus Agyrtes
Genus Apteroloma
Genus Ipelates
Genus Lyrosoma
Genus Necrophilus
Genus Pteroloma


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