Biphyllidae, or false skin beetles, are a family of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s, in the superfamily
Cleroidea
Cleroidea is a small Taxonomic rank, superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly.
Description
Cleroidea is ...
. They have a cosmopolitan distribution (excluding New Zealand). About 195 species are known. They live under the bark of dead trees and in leaf litter, and are mycophagous, feeding on fungi.
Taxonomy
The family contains the following genera:
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Althaesia
''Althaesia'' is a genus of beetles in the family Biphyllidae
Biphyllidae, or false skin beetles, are a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cleroidea. They have a cosmopolitan distribution (excluding New Zealand). About 195 species are know ...
'' Pascoe, 1860
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Anchorius
''Anchorius lineatus'' is a species of beetle in the family Biphyllidae
Biphyllidae, or false skin beetles, are a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cleroidea. They have a cosmopolitan distribution (excluding New Zealand). About 195 specie ...
'' Casey, 1900
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Anobocaelus
''Anobocaelus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Biphyllidae
Biphyllidae, or false skin beetles, are a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cleroidea. They have a cosmopolitan distribution (excluding New Zealand). About 195 species are kn ...
'' Sharp, 1902
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Biphyllus
''Biphyllus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Biphyllidae, containing the following species:Diplocoelus
''Diplocoelus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Biphyllidae, containing the following species:Euderopus
''Euderopus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Biphyllidae, containing the following species:Gonicoelus
''Gonicoelus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Biphyllidae, containing the following species:Paleobiphyllus'' Makarov and Perkovsky 2019
Taimyr amber Taymyr or Taimyr may refer to:
Places
*Taymyr Peninsula, a peninsula in Siberia
* Taymyr Gulf
*Taymyra, a river in the Taymyr Peninsula
* Lake Taymyr
* Taymyr Island, an island in the Kara Sea
*Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, a former federal subject of ...
, Russia, Late Cretaceous (
Santonian
The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 86.3 ± 0.7 mya ( million years ago) and 83.6 ± 0.7 m ...