Lamingtoniidae
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Lamingtoniidae is a very small family of beetle
s, in the suborder Polyphaga
. It contains the single genus Lamingtonium and the single species Lamingtonium binnaberrense.
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 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”...
. It contains the single genus Lamingtonium and the single species Lamingtonium binnaberrense.