Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Bostrichiformia for Africa (Continents)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Checklist for Infraorder Bostrichiformia Forbes, 1926
and region Africa (Continents)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	943 36180 241410	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	939 36100 241106	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	896 35668 239021	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	524 27533 203737	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	146 11745 86825	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	125 10691 74394	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Bostrichiformia Forbes, 1926	3 179 997	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Africa
3 Families width 997 Species and 55 Subspecies

Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802	Auger beetles	293	Species	Taxom
Dermestidae Hope, 1840	Carpet beetles	409	Species	Taxom
Ptinidae Latreille, 1802	Death-watch and Spider Beetles	295	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Bostrichiformia with occurrences in Africa

Superfamily

Bostrichoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carpet Beetles, Death-watch Beetles, Powder-post Beetles

3
179
997

Families
Genera
Species

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Links, sources and further information

Bostrichiformia at itis.gov