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Lined Flat Bark Beetles
Laemophloeidae
Laemophloeidae, "lined flat bark beetles," is a family in the superfamily Cucujoidea characterized by predominantly dorso-ventrally compressed bodies, head and pronotal discs bordered by ridges or grooves, and inverted male genitalia. Size range of adults is 1-5mm in length. Currently, it contains 40 genera and about 450 species, and is represented on all continents except Antarctica; species richness is greatest in the tropics.
27 branches of this family, most-observed first
Laemophloeus
genusLaemophloeus
Cryptolestes
genusCryptolestes
Placonotus
genusPlaconotus
Charaphloeus
genusCharaphloeus
Propalticus
genusPropalticus
Notolaemus
genusNotolaemus
Leptophloeus
genusLeptophloeus
Lathropus
genusLathropus
Nipponophloeus
genusNipponophloeus
Metaxyphloeus
genusMetaxyphloeus
Xylolestes
genusXylolestes
Dysmerus
genusDysmerus
Carinophloeus
genusCarinophloeus
Rhabdophloeus
genusRhabdophloeus
Planolestes
genusPlanolestes
Microbrontes
genusMicrobrontes
Phloeolaemus
genusPhloeolaemus
Microlaemus
genusMicrolaemus
Narthecius
genusNarthecius
Deinophloeus
genusDeinophloeus
Rhinomalus
genusRhinomalus
Yablokophloeus
genusYablokophloeus
Mariolaemus
genusMariolaemus
Parandrita
genusParandrita
Rhinolaemus
genusRhinolaemus
Xylophloeus
genusXylophloeus
Cucujinus
genusCucujinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 174146.