Boridae
| Boridae | |
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| Boros unicolor | |
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| Boros schneideri larva | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Boridae C. G. Thomson, 1859 |
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The Boridae are a small family of
old-growth forests. Lecontia larvae are found inhabiting damp parts of the root system of dead standing trees. Little is known of the life habits of Synercticus.[1][2]
Taxonomy
- Genus Boros Herbst, 1797
- Boros schneideri (Panzer, 1795)
- Boros unicolor Say, 1827
- Genus Lecontia Champion, 1889
- Lecontia discicollisLeConte, 1850
- Genus Synercticus Newman, 1842
- Synercticus heteromerus Newman, 1842
References
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- ^ Pollock, Darren A.. "11.21. Boridae C. G.Thomson, 1859". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 699-704.
External links
- Boridae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 Jul 2011.
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