Kwik-Key to Common Families of Coleoptera

Select "A" or "B" for your specimen:

A. The head is mostly hidden beneath the pronotum. The body is cylindrical in shape.

A: Subfamily Scolytinae

B. The head is mostly visible from above. The body is oval or elongate in shape.

B: Family Nitidulidae

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