Biphyllidae
Biphyllidae, or false skin beetles, are a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. Worldwide, about 195 species are known. They live under the bark of dead trees and feed on fungi.[1] It contains the following genera:[2]
- Althaesia Pascoe, 1860
- Anchorius Casey, 1900
- Anobocaelus Sharp, 1902
- Biphyllus Dejean, 1821
- Diplocoelus Guérin-Méneville, 1836
- Euderopus Sharp, 1900
- Gonicoelus Sharp, 1900
- †Paleobiphyllus Makarov and Perkovsky 2019[3] Taimyr amber, Russia, Santonian
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cleroidea |
| Family: | Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861 |
References
- Michael A. Ivie (2002). Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas (ed.). American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2 of American Beetles. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Biphyllidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 May 2012.
- Makarov, Kirill V.; Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (February 2020). "Smallest and oldest false skin beetle: Paleobiphyllus ponomarenkoi gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Biphyllidae) from Santonian Taimyr amber, northern Russia". Cretaceous Research. 106: 104238. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104238.
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