Cucujiformia

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Polyphaga Higher classification Polyphaga		Phylum Arthropoda Scientific name Cucujiformia Rank Infraorder

Lifespan Callosobruchus maculatus: 10 – 14 days Length Colorado potato beetle: 1 cm Lower classifications Weevil, Chrysomeloidea, Longhorn beetle, Leaf beetle, Tenebrionoidea

Cucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles, representing the vast majority of plant-eating beetles.

The infraorder contains six superfamilies:

Chrysomeloidea (~7 families including longhorn beetles & leaf beetles)

Cleroidea (checkered beetles, bark-gnawing beetles and soft-winged flower beetles)

Cucujoidea (32 families that includes ladybirds, and fungus beetles)

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)

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