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COLEOPTERA, Pythidae (= Salpigidae) -- <Images> & <Juveniles>

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Clausen (1940) noted that several species of this small family have been recorded as predators of bark beetles in Europe. Some species have very active larvae which are generally similar in form to those of Carabidae

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