Bostrichiformia
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Anthrenus verbasci, a skin beetle | |
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Infraorder: | Bostrichiformia Forbes, 1926
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Bostrichiformia is an infraorder of Polyphagan beetles.
It contains two superfamilies, Derodontoidea (tooth necked fungus beetles) and Bostrichoidea, which includes the death watch beetles, skin beetles, powder-post beetles and other subgroups.