Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Cucujiformia Scientific name Mycteridae Higher classification Tenebrionoidea Order Beetle | Suborder Polyphaga Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Phylum Arthropoda Rank Family | |
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Similar Pythidae, Prostomidae, Aderidae, Salpingidae, Tetratomidae | ||
The family Mycteridae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name palm and flower beetles. The family Mycteridae is distributed worldwide. There are about 30 genera and 160 species. About 20 species are found in Australian, species of three genera are found in North America (Mycterus, Hemipeplus and Lacconotus)
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