Cavognathidae | |
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Taphropiestes electa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
Family: | Cavognathidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966 |
Cavognathidae is a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cucujoidea.[1][2] It contains a single genus, Taphropiestes (Reitter 1875) (= Neocercus Broun, 1921, Cavognatha Crowson 1964 and Zeonidicola Crowson, 1973) with around a dozen species known from South America, Australia and New Zealand.[3] In Australian and New Zealand species adults and larvae have been found living in bird nests, but their ecology is unclear, but they are possibly scavengers.[4]