sapwood timberworm

The Lymexylidae (historically often spelled Lymexylonidae), also known as ship-timber beetles, are a family of wood-boring beetles. Lymexylidae belong to the suborder Polyphaga and are the sole member of the superfamily Lymexyloidea. Habitat and behavior Lymexylon, Elateroides, and Melittomma are pests to forest trees such as chestnut, poplar, and oak, and can be found worldwide.

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Elateroides es un género de coleópteros de la familia Lymexylidae, que contiene las siguientes especies:​ Elateroides dermestoides (Linnaeus, 1761) Elateroides flabellicornis (Schneider, 1791) Elateroides lugubris (Say, 1835) Elateroides nigrocephalus Elateroides reitteri Elateroides stoeckleini Referencias