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Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles
Silvanidae
Silvanidae, "silvan flat bark beetles", is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea, consisting of 58 described genera and about 500 described species. The family is represented on all continents except Antarctica, and is most diverse at both the generic and species levels in the Old World tropics.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Brontinae
subfamilyBrontinae
Silvaninae
subfamilySilvaninae
Silvanolomus
genusSilvanolomus
Airaphilus
genusAiraphilus
Euplatamus
genusEuplatamus
Silvanops
genusSilvanops
Parasilvanus
genusParasilvanus
Bolianus
genusBolianus
Afronausibius
genusAfronausibius
Astilpnus
genusAstilpnus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 172901.