Debris-cloaking
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Anamorphidae
Anamorphidae is a family of small fungus-feeding beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, containing over 175 extant species across approximately 36 genera. The family was separated from Endomychidae by Robertson et al. (2015) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Members are obligate consumers of fungal spores in both adult and larval stages. A distinctive feature of the family is the presence of debris-cloaking behavior in larvae—a unique defensive strategy among Coccinelloidea that has evolved only once in this lineage.