Smicripidae

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Smicripidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Smicripidae
Horn, 1879

Smicripidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.[1][2] The common name for this family is palmetto beetles.[3] The family only has one extant genus, Smicrips, and one extinct genus, , known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.

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  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ "Cucujoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants". Nomen.at. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  3. ^ "Family Smicripidae - Palmetto Beetles". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved 2015-04-24.

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