Histeroidea
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- Parent taxon
- Staphyliniformia
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- Hister quadrimaculatus MHNT Fronton Dos.jpg
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- taxon name
- Histeroidea
- taxon rank
- superfamily
- taxon common name
- 閻魔蟲總科
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Histeroidea is a superfamily of beetles in the infraorder Staphyliniformia.
==Characteristics== Characteristic to Histeroidea are an accessory posterior ridge (locking device) behind the hind margin and presence of medial loop and apical hinge of wing. The elytra are truncate with 1 or 2 abdominal segments visible. The abdominal 8th segment is completely invaginated in the 7th segment. Each antenna has 8 (seldom 7) segments preceding a club of fused segments. The ventral body surface is glabrous.
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