Biphyllidae

Biphyllidae
Biphyllidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Biphyllidae

Biphyllidae or False Skin Beetles is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.[1][2] Worldwide, about 195 species are known. They live under the bark of dead trees and feed on fungi.[3]

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ http://nomen.at/Cucujoidea
  3. ^ 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 9780849309540.