Lamingtonium is the only genus in the family Lamingtoniidae, of the beetle superfamily Cucujoidea. It contains three species endemic to Australia.[3][4] The holotype of the type species was collected on at Lamington National Park, Binna Burra, Queensland under the bark of a dead tree.[1] The adults and larvae of two species have been found associated with basidiocarps of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae.[4]
| Lamingtonium | |
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| Specimen of Lamingtonium loebli | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Lamingtoniidae Gupta & Crowson, 1969 |
| Genus: | Lamingtonium Gupta & Crowson, 1969[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lamingtonium binnaburrense Gupta & Crowson, 1969 | |
| Species[2][3][4] | |
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References
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