Suborder Polyphaga Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Rank Family | Infraorder Scarabeiformia Order Beetle | |
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Subfamily CeratocanthinaeA. MartÃnez, 1968 Similar Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae, Beetle, Belohina, Glaresis | ||
Ceratocanthinae is a subfamily of Hybosoridae in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Type genus Ceratocanthus. It includes three tribes comprising 40 genera and 328 species.
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Description
It is small sized beetles from 2.0 to 10.0 millimeters in length. Adult beetles can be found on the bark and branches of dead trees and on fungus.
Distribution
Ceratocanthinae are relatively widespread. They can be found in Australian, Afrotropical, Indomalaysian, Neotropical, Nearctic, and Palaearctic regions.
Ecology
The adults have been found to associate with termites and ants. Larvae live under bark and in burrows of bessbugs (Passalidae).
References
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