Coccinelloidea
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Coccinelloidea is a superfamily of beetles in the order Coleoptera. There are at least 710 described species in Coccinelloidea.[1][2]
Families
- Akalyptoischiidae Lord, Hartley, Lawrence, McHugh, Whiting & Miller, 2010 (akalyptoischiid scavenger beetles)
- Alexiidae Imhoff, 1856
- Anamorphidae Strohecker, 1953
- Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845 (dry bark beetles)
- Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820 (minute bark beetles)
- Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807 (lady beetles)
- Corylophidae LeConte, 1852 (minute hooded beetles)
- Discolomatidae Horn, 1878
- Endomychidae Leach, 1815 (handsome fungus beetles)
- Eupsilobiidae Casey, 1895
- Euxestidae Grouvelle, 1908 (well polished beetles)
- Latridiidae Erichson, 1842 (minute brown scavenger beetles)
- Murmidiidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858
- Mycetaeidae Jacquelin du Val, 1857
- Teredidae Seidlitz, 1888
References
- ^ "Coccinelloidea Superfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Coccinelloidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- Robertson, James A., Adam Slipinski, Matthew Moulton, Floyd W. Shockley, Adriano Giorgi, et al. (2015). "Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)". Systematic Entomology, vol. 40, no. 4, 745-778.
Further reading
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.