Bostrichoidea
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Bostrichoidea is a superfamily
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...

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Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...

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It includes the following subgroups:
  • Anobiidae
    Anobiidae
    Anobiidae is a family of beetles. The larvae of a number of species tend to bore into wood, earning them the name "woodworm" or "wood borer". A few species are pests, causing damage to wooden furniture and house structures, notably the death watch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, and the common...

     Fleming 1821 (death watch beetle
    Death watch beetle
    The death watch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, is a woodboring beetle. The adult beetle is long, while the xylophagous larvae are up to long....

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    • Ptinidae or Ptininae Latreille 1802 (spider beetle
      Spider beetle
      Spider beetles are the approximately 500 species of beetles in the subfamily Ptininae of the family Anobiidae. They are sometimes considered a family in their own right, which is then called Ptinidae. Spider beetles have round bodies with long, slender legs, and lack wings. They are generally...

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  • Bostrichidae
    Bostrichidae
    The Bostrichidae are a family of beetles with more than 700 described species. They are commonly called auger beetles, false powderpost beetles or horned powderpost beetles. The head of most auger beetles cannot be seen from above, as it is downwardly directed and hidden by the thorax...

     Latreille 1802 (horned powder-post beetles)
    • Lyctinae or Lyctidae Billberg 1820 (powder post beetles)
    • Endecatominae or Endecatomidae LeConte 1861
  • Dermestidae Latreille 1804 (skin beetle
    Skin beetle
    Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles. Other common names include larder beetle, hide or leather beetles, carpet beetles, and khapra beetles. There are approximately 500 to 700 species worldwide. They can range in size from 1–12 mm. Key...

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    • Thorictinae
      Thorictinae
      Thorictinae is a subfamily of beetles.-External links:*...

       or Thorictidae Agassiz 1846
  • Jacobsoniidae
    Jacobsoniidae
    Jacobsoniidae is a family of beetles. The larvae and adults live under bark, in plant litter, fungi, bat guano and rotten wood.-External links:*...

     Heller 1926 (Jacobson's beetles)
  • Nosodendridae
    Nosodendridae
    Nosodendridae is a family of beetles.-External links:*...

     Erichson 1846 (wounded-tree beetles)
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