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Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae.
2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys