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Bostrichoidea

Bostrichoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is the type superfamily of the infraorder Bostrichiformia.

It includes the following subgroups:

  • Anobiidae Fleming 1821 – deathwatch beetles
    • Ptinidae or Ptininae Latreille 1802 – spider beetles
  • Bostrichidae Latreille 1802 – horned powderpost beetles, branch and twig borers
    • Lyctinae or Lyctidae Billberg 1820 – powderpost beetles
    • Endecatominae or Endecatomidae LeConte 1861
  • Dermestidae Latreille 1804 – skin beetles
  • Jacobsoniidae Heller 1926
  • Nosodendridae Erichson 1846 – wounded-tree beetles