Family: Sphaeriidae
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> Insecta
(insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola >
Holometabola > Coleoptera (beetles)
> Suborder: Myxophaga
Minute beetles (< 1 mm long) with clubbed
antennae. Adults and larvae live at the edge of streams in mud and gravel.
Likely to occur in southern Africa but not yet recorded.
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