Oxypeltidae | |
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Female of Cheloderus childreni from Chile | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Clade: | Phytophaga |
Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea |
Family: | Oxypeltidae Lacordaire, 1869 |
The Oxypeltidae are a small family belonging to the superfamily Chrysomeloidea, widespread in the Andean region of Chile and Argentina. They have traditionally been considered a group within the Cerambycidae.