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Dascillidae

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Dascillidae

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Dascillidae is a family of beetles within the clade Elateriformia. There are about 100 extant species in 11 genera, which are found worldwide. Dascillidae together with Rhipiceridae form the super family Dascilloidea.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyDascillidae
Observations recorded10,510

Лопастники (лат. Dascillidae) — семейство насекомых отряда жесткокрылых.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
225
With media
7
Family
Dascillidae
Collections
UCMP, TTU
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dascilloidea
Image
Dascillus cervinus01.jpg
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Commons category
Dascillidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Dascillidae
taxon common name
花甲科
topic's main category
Category:Dascillidae
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Description
  • Ecology
  • Genera
  • References

Dascillidae is a family of beetles within the clade Elateriformia. There are about 100 extant species in 11 genera, which are found worldwide. Dascillidae together with Rhipiceridae form the super family Dascilloidea.

== Taxonomy == The family was named by Guérin Méneville in 1843. The family is divided up into two poorly defined subfamilies, Karumiinae and Dascillinae.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dascillidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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