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Corylophidae
minute hooded beetles, minute fungus beetles
Corylophidae is a family of minute beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, comprising approximately 18 genera and at least 120 described species. Members are among the smallest free-living insects, with body lengths typically around 2 mm. The family exhibits distinctive anatomical modifications associated with extreme miniaturization, including elevated rates of substitution in nuclear rRNA genes in the most diminutive species. Formerly known as Orthoperidae in older literature.