Biphyllidae, or false skin beetles, are a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cleroidea. They have a cosmopolitan distribution (excluding New Zealand). About 195 species are known. They live under the bark of dead trees and in leaf litter, and are mycophagous, feeding on fungi.Cline, Andrew R. and Shockley, Floyd W.. "10.6. Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 306-311.
Taxonomy The family contains the following genera:Biphyllidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 May 2012. Althaesia Pascoe, 1860 Anchorius Casey, 1900 Anobocaelus Sharp, 1902 Biphyllus Dejean, 1821 Diplocoelus Guérin-Méneville, 1836 Euderopus Sharp, 1900 Gonicoelus Sharp, 1900 †Paleobiphyllus Makarov and Perkovsky 2019 Taimyr amber, Russia, Late Cretaceous (Santonian)
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