"The silvanids are small flat beetles belonging to the family Silvanidae of the Order Coleoptera. A large number of them occur under the bark of (fallen of felled) trees and it is due to this habitat that they derive the name 'flat bark beetles'. Quite a few of them live in haystacks, many species infest stored grains and other products of vegetable origin, while some may be saprobinots or anthophilous. Silvanids as such form a group of economically ...
