Elateriformia

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Elateriformia Higher classification Polyphaga Order Beetle		Suborder Polyphaga Phylum Arthropoda Rank Infraorder

Lower classifications Elateroidea, Click beetle, Buprestidae, Firefly, Soldier beetle

Elateriformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles. The two largest families in this group are buprestids, of which there are around 15,000 described species, and click beetles, of which there are around 10,000 described species.

The infraorder consists of five superfamilies :

Buprestoidea — the metallic wood-boring beetles

Byrrhoidea — families including long-toed water beetles, moss beetles and mud-loving beetles

Dascilloidea

Elateroidea — including the click beetles and soldier beetles

Scirtoidea

References

Elateriformia Wikipedia

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