Protocucujidae is 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 Cucujoidea. It has a single known genus, ''Ericmodes'' (Reitter, 1878) ( syn ''Protocucujus'' Crowson, 1954). Species of ''Ericmodes'' are native to southern South America and Eastern Australia. Little is known of their biology, though adults and larvae probably live on vegetation, with adults having also been found in leaf litter and in flight.

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Cucujoidea families {{Cucujoidea-stub