Bostrichoidea
Sign in to savethumb|Dinoderus japonicus ([[Bostrichidae)]] thumb|Anobium punctatum ([[Ptinidae)]] Bostrichoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is the type superfamily of the infraorder Bostrichiformia.
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thumb|Dinoderus japonicus ([[Bostrichidae)]] thumb|Anobium punctatum ([[Ptinidae)]] Bostrichoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is the type superfamily of the infraorder Bostrichiformia.
== Description == The Bostrichoidea are united by the following features: modified cryptonephridism, the structure of the aedeagus in males, and the lack of a basal mandibular mola in larvae.