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Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Tiny Beetle - Petalium debile Dermestid - Novelsis picta - male Mating small brown beetles - Ernobius - male - female Can anyone ID the Beetle? Maybe a Larder Beetle - Dermestes lardarius Apatides fortis? - Apatides fortis Dorcatominae? - Calymmaderus Dorcatomini attracted to UV light - Caenocara Ptinomorphus? - Ptinomorphus angulatus
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.