Cucujiformia
| Cucujiformia | |
|---|---|
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| Gonipterus gibberus on Casuarina sp | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938 |
| Superfamilies | |
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)
- Lymexylidae (ship-timber beetles)
- Tenebrionoidea (formerly "Heteromera") (30 families including blister beetles and ant-like beetles)
References
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Data related to Cucujiformia at Wikispecies
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