Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Ozognathus floridanus LeConte - Ozognathus floridanus Beetle 2011.04.18.0995 - Hadrobregmus notatus Utobium marmoratum Beetle 2 - Apsectus Orphilus? - Orphilus subnitidus Ptinidae - Ernobius Apatides fortis? - Apatides fortis Beetle - Protheca hispida
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.