Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

T. K. Pal ¹, B. Baraik ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, IN

Abstract

The Silvanidae are a moderately large family of the section Clavicornia of the superfamily Cucujoidea of the suborder Polyphaga. The silvanids are usually small (1.3-4.5 mm.) and seldom large (11.5 mm.), often subdepressed and reddish-brown, and occasionally with dorsal spots. They are largely associated with litter or vegetation debris and a good number of species are subcorticolous by habit. The Silvanidae are diversely represented in the tropical and subtropical parts of the world than in the temperate zones.

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