Biphyllidae
Introduction '''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.
Taxonomy The family contains the following genera:* ''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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