Trogossitidae

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Trogossitidae
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unidentified species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Trogossitidae

Trogossitidae is a small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.[1][2] Trogossitidae consists of about 600 species. 59 species are found in America[3] about 36 in Australia.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ http://nomen.at/Trogossitidae
  3. ^ Michael A. Ivie (2002). Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas, ed. American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2 of American Beetles. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0. 
  4. ^ Hawkeswood, Trevor (1987). Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, New South Wales: Angus and Robertson. pp. 38–39. ISBN 0-207-15352-3.