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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Trogossitidae Sub Family   Description   Background to Family   The members have diverse habits, occurring as stored product pests (Lophocateres pusillus, Tenebriodes mauritanicaus), predators (Nemozoma elongatum, on the bark beetle Acrantus vittatus), or feeding under bark (Ostoma ferrugineum on Phaeolus schweinitzii, on Pinus Sylvestris in Caledonian pinewoods; Thymalus limbatus on coniferous & broadleaved trees)     No. taxa in DBIF   2 No. interactions   % interactions with British data   No. records   4 % taxa with British data   Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :8