Chaetosomatidae
Family of beetles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chaetosomatidae is a small family of beetles, in the superfamily Cleroidea.[1][2] There are three extant genera, two of which (Chaetosoma and Chaetosomodes) are endemic to New Zealand with the other (Malgassochaetus) native to Madagascar. Members of this family are predaceous on wood-boring insects.[3]
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Chaetosomatidae | |
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Chaetosoma scaritides | |
Chaetosomodes halli | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Superfamily: | Cleroidea |
Family: | Chaetosomatidae Crowson, 1952 |
Genera | |
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