DERODONTIDAE LeConte, 1861
(tooth-necked fungus beetles)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	DERODONTIDAE (tooth-necked fungus beetles)
Superfamily	DERODONTOIDEA (tooth-necked fungus beetles)
Series	Derodontiformia (a series (zoo.) of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

DERODONTIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.)	1979	Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 6: Diversicornia	Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 6, 366pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
()	Peacock, E.R.	1993	Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their Relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derdontidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, part 3, 144pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

DERODONTIDAE (tooth-necked fungus beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DERODONTIDAE (tooth-necked fungus beetles)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DERODONTIDAE (tooth-necked fungus beetles)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

DERODONTIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)