DERODONTIDAE LeConte, 1861
(tooth-necked fungus beetles)

DERODONTIDAE (tooth-necked fungus beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DERODONTIDAE (tooth-necked fungus beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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references
Laricobius erichsonii
a tooth-necked fungus beetle
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyDERODONTIDAE (tooth-necked fungus beetles)
SuperfamilyDERODONTOIDEA (tooth-necked fungus beetles)
Series Bostrichiformia (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DERODONTIDAE (tooth-necked fungus beetles)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) 1979 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 6: Diversicornia Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 6, 366pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
() Peacock, E.R. 1993 Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their Relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derdontidae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, part 3, 144pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

DERODONTIDAE (tooth-necked fungus beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to DERODONTIDAE (tooth-necked fungus beetles):

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