Cneoglossidae
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Cneoglossidae is a family of beetle
s, in the large suborder Polyphaga
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It contains nine species in a single genus:
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s, in the large suborder Polyphaga
Polyphaga
Polyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles; the name is derived from two two Greek words: poly-, meaning 'many', and phagein, meaning 'to eat', so the suborder is called the “eaters of many things”...
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It contains nine species in a single genus:
- Genus Cneoglossa Guérin-Méneville, 1843
- Cneoglossa brevis Champion, 1897
- Cneoglossa collaris Guérin-Méneville, 1849
- Cneoglossa elongata Pic, 1916
- Cneoglossa gournellei Pic, 1916
- Cneoglossa lampyroides Champion, 1897
- Cneoglossa longipennis (Pic, 1915)
- Cneoglossa peruviana Pic, 1916
- Cneoglossa rufifrons Pic, 1916
- Cneoglossa testacericollis Pic, 1916