Stenotrachelidae
Stenotrachelidae, commonly called false longhorn beetles is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga.[1][2]
| Stenotrachelidae | |
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| Cephaloon lepturides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Stenotrachelidae C. G. Thomson, 1859 |
| Genera | |
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Anelpistus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stenotrachelidae | |
Classification
The false longhorn beetles belongs to the large superfamily Tenebrionoidea. There are three subfamilies with about 6 genera and 20 species:[3]
- Stenotrachelinae: Anelpistus, Scotodes, Stenocephaloon and Stenotrachelus
- Nematoplinae: Nematoplus
- Cephaloinae: Cephaloon
References
- http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Stenotrachelidae
- "Tenebrionoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
- 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.
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