Bothrideridae

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

Bothrideridae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.[1][2] Larvae of some species are ectoparasites of the larvae and pupae of wood-boring beetles.[3]

The family is also known as  Anommatidae.[3] There are four subfamilies: Bothriderinae, Teredinae, Xylariophilinae, and Anommatinae.

References

  1. Environment.gov.au
  2. Nomen.at
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. 

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