Scraptiidae
Family of beetles
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The family Scraptiidae is a small group of tenebrionoid beetles sometimes called false flower beetles. There are about 400 species in 30 genera with a world-wide distribution. The adults are found on flowers, sometimes in large numbers,[1] but are also found on foliage. The larvae are typically found under the bark of dead trees.[2] The oldest fossils of the group date to the Eocene.[3]
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| Anaspis rufilabris from Germany | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Scraptiidae Mulsant, 1856 |
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