Bostrichiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles.
Bostrichiformia | |
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Anthrenus verbasci, a skin beetle | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Bostrichiformia Forbes, 1926 |
Superfamilies | |
It contains two superfamilies, Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea, which includes the Dermestidae, Ptinidae, Bostrichidae and others.[1]