Schizopodidae
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Schizopodidae is a family of beetle
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...

s, in the large suborder Polyphaga
Polyphaga
Polyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles; the name is derived from two two Greek words: poly-, meaning 'many', and phagein, meaning 'to eat', so the suborder is called the “eaters of many things”...

, containing the following three genera:
  • Dystaxia
    Dystaxia (genus)
    Dystaxia is a genus of beetles in the family Schizopodidae, containing the following species:* Dystaxia elegans Fall, 1905* Dystaxia murrayi LeConte, 1866...

    LeConte, 1866
  • Electrapate
    Electrapate
    Electrapate martynovi is a fossil species of beetle in the family Buprestidae, the only species in the genus Electrapate....

    Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1962
  • Glyptoscelimorpha
    Glyptoscelimorpha
    Glyptoscelimorpha is a genus of beetles in the family Schizopodidae, containing the following species:* Glyptoscelimorpha juniperae * Glyptoscelimorpha marmorata Horn, 1893* Glyptoscelimorpha viridis Chamberlin, 1931...

    Horn, 1893
  • Schizopus
    Schizopus
    Schizopus is a genus of beetles in the family Schizopodidae, containing the following species:* Schizopus laetus LeConte, 1858* Schizopus sallei Horn, 1885...

    LeConte, 1858
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