Cneoglossidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
Superfamily: | Byrrhoidea |
Family: |
Cneoglossidae Champion, 1897 |
Genus: |
Cneoglossa Guérin-Méneville, 1843 |
Species | |
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Cneoglossidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea, containing nine described species in a single genus, Cneoglossa, which are native to the Neotropics from Mexico to Brazil. The larvae develop inside rotting submerged branches found in small fast flowing shallow streams. [1]