Cucujoidea
| Cucujoidea | |
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| Various Cucujoidea with larvae and anatomical details | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea Latreille, 1802 |
Cucujoidea is a superfamily of beetles. They include many fungus beetles, as well as lady beetles ("ladybugs" or "ladybirds"). Also included are a diversity of lineages of "bark beetles" unrelated to the "true" bark beetles (Scolytinae), which are weevils (superfamily Curculionoidea).
Families
These families are members of the superfamily Cucujoidea:[1]
- Agapythidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969
- Akalyptoischiidae Lord, Hartley, Lawrence, McHugh and Miller, 2010
- Alexiidae Imhoff, 1856
- Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861 – false skin beetles
- Boganiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845 – dry bark beetles
- Byturidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858 – fruitworm beetles
- Cavognathidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820 – minute bark beetles
- Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807 – lady beetles
- Corylophidae LeConte, 1852 – minute fungus beetles
- Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1826 – silken fungus beetles
- Cucujidae Latreille, 1802 – flat bark beetles
- Cyclaxyridae Klimaszewski & Watt, 1997
- Discolomatidae Horn, 1878
- Endomychidae Leach, 1815– handsome fungus beetles
- Erotylidae Latreille, 1802 – pleasing fungus beetles
- Helotidae Reitter, 1876
- Hobartiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Kateretidae Erichson in Agassiz, 1846 – short-winged flower beetles (= Brachypteridae)
- Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer 1899 – lined flat bark beetles
- Lamingtoniidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Latridiidae Erichson, 1842 – minute brown scavenger beetles
- Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 – root-eating beetles
- Myraboliidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991
- Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802 – sap beetles
- † Parandrexidae Kirejtshuk, 1994
- Passandridae Erichson, 1845 – parasitic flat bark beetles
- Phalacridae Leach, 1815 – shining flower beetles
- Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911
- Priasilphidae Crowson, 1973
- Propalticidae Crowson, 1952
- Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954
- Silvanidae Kirby, 1937 – silvanid flat bark beetles
- † Sinisilvanidae Hong, 2002
- Smicripidae Horn, 1879 – palmetto beetles
- Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1860 – dry-fungus beetles
- Tasmosalpingidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991
References
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. 88 (88). Pensoft Publishers. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
External links
Media related to Cucujoidea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cucujoidea at Wikispecies
