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ship-timber beetle
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ship-timber beetle

insect
Also known as: Lymexylidae
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  • African goliath beetle
    Coleoptera
    / Annotated classification

    Family Lymexylidae (ship-timber beetles) About 60 species; worldwide distribution; damage wood; examples Lymexylon, Hylecoetus. Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Lamellicornia) Antennae 10-segmented with last 3 to 7 segments forming a lamellate (platelike) club; body stout; larvae without cerci (appendages at end of abdomen);

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    Family Lymexylidae (ship-timber beetles) About 60 species; worldwide distribution; damage wood; examples Lymexylon, Hylecoetus. Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Lamellicornia) Antennae 10-segmented with last 3 to 7 segments forming a lamellate (platelike) club; body stout; larvae without cerci (appendages at end of abdomen);

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