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Hobartiidae

Insect Families

Hobartiidae is a family of fungus eating beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea, established by Sen Gupta and Crowson in 1966, containing two genera, Hobartius and Hydnobioides, and six described species. Five of the six species live in Australia, while one Hobartius species occurs in Chile and Argentina, and members feed on basidiomycete fruiting bodies inside decaying logs of Araucaria, Nothofagus, and Eucalyptus trees. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Family 2
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Argentina, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Chile, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ304512, descriptionView the Source
2. Hobartiidae (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Hobartiidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea.
  • Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
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