Summary ²

The family Pythidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name dead log bark beetles. The family comprises five genera:

SoCal Status ³

Only one Known Species per The California Beetle Database .
Sphalma quadricollis

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1. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/GDR-Sphaeriestes-castaneus-00704.jpg
2. Adapted by BJ Stacey from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythidae
3. (c) BJ Stacey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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