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Family:
Scydmaenidae (ant-like stone beetles)
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> Insecta
(insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola >
Holometabola > Coleoptera
(beetles)
> Polyphaga
> Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Small ant-like beetles (0.5 - 7.5 mm long) that
feed mainly on mites in decaying organic matter such as leaf litter, and
in moss, under bark, or in caves. About 10 genera and 200 species are
known from southern Africa.
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