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Derodontidae is a family of beetles notable for the presence of two ocelli on the top of the head. | |||
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Derodontidae is a of beetles, in its own superfamily, Derodontoidea, sometimes known as tooth-necked fungus beetles. There are about 10 species in 4 genera. Beetles of this family are small, between 2 and 6 mm in length, with spiny margins on their pronotum (part of the thorax) that give them their name. The genus, Laricobius, lacks these spines. They have two ocelli on the top of their heads. | |||
They are related to the Bostrichoidea, which includes the death watch beetles, skin beetles, powder-post beetles and other subgroups. | |||
Some species feed on slime molds, but the larvae and adults of the genus Laricobius are predators of woolly adelgids which attack conifers, and species of this genus are used as biological control agents in the United States for control of balsam woolly adegid and hemlock woolly adelgid. | |||
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have been introduced into America as a biological control agent. | |||
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