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Teredidae
Sign in to saveTeredidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, formerly included within the family Bothrideridae. There are around 160 species in 10 genera, found worldwide except South America. Teredids are generally found under bark, in the galleries of wood-boring beetles, or in leaf litter. They are thought to be fungivores. The oldest records of the family are Delteredolaemus from mid-Cretaceous aged Burmese amber from Myanmar and a species of Teredolaemus from Eocene aged Baltic amber.
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Teredidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, formerly included within the family Bothrideridae. There are around 160 species in 10 genera, found worldwide except South America. Teredids are generally found under bark, in the galleries of wood-boring beetles, or in leaf litter. They are thought to be fungivores. The oldest records of the family are Delteredolaemus from mid-Cretaceous aged Burmese amber from Myanmar and a species of Teredolaemus from Eocene aged Baltic amber.
==Genera== Subfamily Teredinae Tribe Sysolini Sysolus Grouvelle, 1908 Tribe Sosylopsini Sosylopsis Grouvelle, 1910 Tribe Teredini Teredus Dejean, 1835 Oxylaemus Erichson, 1845 Teredomorphus Heinze, 1943 Rustleria Stephan, 1989 Teredolaemus Sharp, 1885 Delteredolaemus Li, Huang & Cai, 2023 Subfamily Anommatinae Anommatus Wesmael, 1835 Subfamily Xylariophilinae Xylariophilus Pal & Lawrence, 1986 Abromus Reitter, 1876 Kocherius Coiffait, 1984
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