Anamorphidae Temporal range:
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Symbiotes latus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Superfamily: | Coccinelloidea |
Family: | Anamorphidae Strohecker, 1953 |
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Anamorphidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, formerly included within the family Endomychidae.[1] They are found worldwide. Like enchomyids, they are fungivores, with adult and larval stages thought to exclusively consume fungal spores.[2]
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Extinct genera and a species of Symbiotes are known from Eocene aged Baltic and Bitterfeld amber.[4] Members of the extinct genus Palaeosymbius are known from the Late Cretaceous amber from Myanmar.[5]