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Welcome to Superfamily Byrrhoidea!

Byrrhoidea - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Elateriformia > Superfamily Byrrhoidea

(From Wikipedia) Byrrhoidea is a superfamily of beetles belonging to Elateriformia that includes several families which are either aquatic or associated with a semi-aquatic habitat.

FACT: Byrrhoid beetles have very different levels of wing growth among families, from stunted to vestigial to absent!

Currently discovered: 1/13 Families

Family

  1. Ptilodactylidae - Toe-Winged Beetles