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Teredidae
Teredidae is a family of small beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, containing approximately 160 species in 10 genera. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution excluding South America and Antarctica. Teredids are typically found in concealed microhabitats such as under bark, in leaf litter, and especially within the galleries of wood-boring beetles. The family was historically treated as a subfamily of Bothrideridae but is now recognized as distinct. Fossil records extend to the mid-Cretaceous with Delteredolaemus from Burmese amber.