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Superfamily Derodontoidea

Small Black Beetle - Laricobius nigrinus Derodontus - Derodontus trisignatus Derodontus esotericus Derodontus esotericus Unknown Beetle for Identification - Peltastica tuberculata messy beetle - Laricobius - male Trogossitid swept from vegetation in old-growth redwoods - Peltastica tuberculata Laricobius rubidus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Derodontoidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Jacobsoniidae have been moved to Staphylinoidea(1)
Numbers
2 families, both in our area(2)(1)
Works Cited
1.A Jacobson's beetle from Cretaceous Charentese amber (Coleoptera: Jacobsoniidae)
Tihelka E., Peris D., Cai C., Perrichot V. 2022. Geodiversitas 44(3): 47‒56.
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.