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Cucujiformia
Gonipterus gibberus on Casuarina sp
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Infraorder:
Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938
Superfamilies
Chrysomeloidea
Cleroidea
Coccinelloidea
Cucujoidea
Curculionoidea
Lymexyloidea
Tenebrionoidea
Cucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles, representing most plant-eating beetles.[1]
Cucujiformia
Lymexyloidea
Tenebrionoidea
Cleroidea
Chrysomeloidea
Curculionoidea
Cucujoidea
Coccinelloidea
The infraorder contains the seven superfamilies:
Chrysomeloidea (~7 families including longhorn beetles and leaf beetles)
Cleroidea (checkered beetles, bark-gnawing beetles and soft-winged flower beetles)
Coccinelloidea (15 families, includes ladybirds and fungus beetles)
Cucujoidea (~27 families)
Curculionoidea (~8 families primarily consisting of weevils and also including snout beetles and bark beetles)
Lymexyloidea (ship-timber beetles)
Tenebrionoidea (formerly "Heteromera") (30 families including blister beetles and ant-like beetles)
^Robertson, James A.; Ślipiński, Adam; Moulton, Matthew; et al. (2015). "Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)". Systematic Entomology. 40 (4): 745–778. doi:10.1111/syen.12138. S2CID 55206626.
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