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  • The Insect Orders
    • Orders A-M
      • Archaeognatha (Bristletails)
      • Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
      • Coleoptera (Beetles)
      • Dermaptera (Earwigs)
      • Diptera (Flies)
      • Embioptera (Web-Spinners)
      • Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
      • Hemiptera (Bugs, hoppers, scales & aphids)
      • Hymenoptera (Sawflies, Bees, Wasps & Ants)
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      • Mantodea (Mantids)
      • Mecoptera (Hanging Flies, Scorpion Flies)
      • Megaloptera (Alderflies, Dobsonflies)
    • Orders N-Z
      • Neuroptera (Net-winged Insects)
      • Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
      • Orthoptera (Grasshoppers and Crickets)
      • Phasmida (Stick & Leaf Insects)
      • Phthiraptera (Lice)
      • Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
      • Psocoptera (Booklice & Psocids)
      • Strepsiptera (Strepsipterans)
      • Siphonaptera (Fleas)
      • Thysanoptera (Thrips)
      • Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
      • Zygentoma = Thysanura (Silverfish)
  • The Pseudo Insects
    • Class Entognatha (the Pseudo Insects; Diplura & Protura)
    • Class Collembola (Springtails)
DSCF0240 Anthicidae

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Anthicidae (Ant-like Flower Beetles)
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Family Archeocrypticidae (Ancient Fungus Beetles)
IMG 8099  IMG 8106

Family Melandryidae (False Darkling Beetles)
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Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
 

Family Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles)
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Family Mycteridae (Palm and Flower Beetles)
 

Family Oedemeridae (Pollen Feeding Beetles)
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Family Prostomidae
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Family Pyrochroidae (Fire-coloured Beetles)
IMG 2252

Family Salpingidae (Narrow-waisted Bark Beetles)
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Family Scraptiidae (False Flower Beetles)
20161110 IMG 0697  IMG 0746  IMG 0339

Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
IMG 3226  IMG 8473  IMG 7667  IMG 7320. IMG 4290  IMG 6514  IMG 7400  IMG 7881  IMG 5873  IMG 0608  IMG 9677 

Family Ulodidae
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Family Zopheridae
IMG 6590  IMG 0869 

 

Family Aderidae
(Currently empty)

Family Boridae (Conifer Bark Beetles)
(Currently empty)

Family Ciidae (Minute Tree Fungus Beetles)
(Currently empty)

Family Mycetophagidae
(Currently Empty)

Family Promecheilidae
(Currently Empty)

Family Pythidae
(Currently Empty)

Family Ripiphoridae
(Currently Empty)

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The Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania team acknowledges the palawa people; the traditional owners of lutruwita/ Tasmania. We respect their knowledge, connection and care of the land that we share and its ecosystems, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.  

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