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Cucujoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraorder
  
Cucujiformia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Superfamily

Suborder
  
Polyphaga

Scientific name
  
Cucujoidea

Higher classification
  
Cucujiformia

Order
  
Beetle

Cucujoidea Cucujoidea Bigal River Biological Reserve

Lower classifications
  
Ladybird, Sap beetle, Endomychidae, Cryptophagidae, Latridiidae

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 Curculionidea).

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Families

Cucujoidea Cucujoidea Cryptophagus BugGuideNet

  • 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 – lady beetles
  • Corylophidae LeConte, 1852 – minute fungus beetles
  • Cryptophagidae – silken fungus beetles
  • Cucujidae – flat bark beetles
  • Cyclaxyridae Klimaszewski & Watt, 1997
  • Discolomatidae Horn, 1878
  • Endomychidae – handsome fungus beetles
  • Erotylidae – pleasing fungus beetles (including Cryptophilidae, Dacnidae, Languriidae, Loberidae, Pharaxonothidae, Tritomidae, and Xenoscelidae)
  • 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 – minute brown scavenger beetles
  • Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 – root-eating beetles
  • Myraboliidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991
  • Nitidulidae – sap beetles
  • Passandridae Erichson, 1845 – parasitic flat bark beetles
  • Phalacridae – shining flower beetles
  • Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911
  • Propalticidae Crowson, 1952
  • Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954
  • Silvanidae Kirby, 1937 – silvanid flat bark beetles
  • Smicripidae Horn, 1879 – palmetto beetles
  • Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1860 – dry-fungus beetles

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    References

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