Major Families of Adult Predatory & Parasitic Coleoptera:

152a (27a, 51b, 54a & 73b). Head not prolonged into a beak; gular sutures (= longitudinal

sutures demarking sclerite on ventral side of head) double, at least anteriorly and

posteriorly ............................................................................................................................………...... 153

152b. Head usually prolonged into a beak; gular sutures fused or lacking; antennae not elbowed;

elytra cover base of pygidium (= last dorsal segment of abdomen) (Figs.A-C) (predators of

Coccidae)...........................................................................................…...........(Coleoptera) Anthribidae

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A B C