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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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Teredidae
- Collections
- UWBM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Coccinelloidea
- Image
- Oxylaemus variolosus (Duftschmidt, 1843).png
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