| Phloeostichidae | |
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| Phloeostichus denticollis | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911 |
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Phloeostichidae is a family of beetles in the superfamilyCucujoidea. They are typically found under the bark of dead trees. Larvae have been found to consume plant tissue and some fungi, while the adults appear to be exclusively fungivores. The family contains four extant genera,Phloeostichus is native to thePalearctic,Rhopalobrachium is native to central-southern South America and eastern Australia,Hymaea is native to southeastern Australia, andBunyastichus is found in Tasmania.[1]
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