Cantharoid beetles

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Cantharoid beetles
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Photuris lucicrescens [1]
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Elateroidea

Leach, 1815
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The Cantharoid beetles are a deprecated non-monophyletic taxonomic grouping (formerly superfamily Cantharoidea [2] ), whose former members are now mostly within the currently accepted superfamily Elateroidea, and some (the former families Drilidae and Omalisidae) are now within Elateridae. One former family, Cneoglossidae, is now in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.

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Phengodidae Family of beetles

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Scarabaeoidea Superfamily of beetles

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Bostrichoidea Superfamily of beetles

Bostrichoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is the type superfamily of the infraorder Bostrichiformia.

Elateroidea Superfamily of beetles

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Buprestoidea Superfamily of beetles

Buprestoidea is a superfamily of beetles.

Cleroidea Superfamily of beetles

Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles containing about 10,000 species. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly.

Ptinidae Family of beetles

Ptinidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Bostrichoidea. There are at least 220 genera and 2,200 described species in Ptinidae worldwide. The family includes spider beetles and deathwatch beetles.

Anobiinae Subfamily of beetles

Anobiinae is a subfamily of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae, with at least 45 genera. It was formerly considered a member of the family Anobiidae, but its family name has since been changed to Ptinidae.

Dorcatoma pallicornis is a species of beetle in the family Ptinidae.

<i>Ptilinus pectinicornis</i> Species of beetle

Ptilinus pectinicornis, the Fan-bearing Wood-borer, is a species of beetle in the family Ptinidae.

Elmidae Family of beetles

Elmidae, commonly known as riffle beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea described by John Curtis in 1830. Both adults and larvae are usually aquatic, living under rocks in fast-flowing shallow areas of streams, such as riffles, feeding on algae and biofilms. There are more than 150 genera and 1,500 described species in Elmidae. The oldest record of the group is Cretohypsilara from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.

Omethidae Family of beetles

Omethidae is a family of Elateroidea sometimes known as the false soldier beetles.

Coccinelloidea Superfamily of beetles

Coccinelloidea is a superfamily of beetles in the order Coleoptera, formerly included in the superfamily Cucujoidea. There are more than 10,000 species in Coccinelloidea, including more than 6000 in the lady beetle family Coccinellidae.

<i>Pyractomena</i> Genus of beetles

Pyractomena is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. There are at least 20 described species in Pyractomena.

<i>Pleotomus</i> Genus of beetles

Pleotomus is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. There are about five described species in Pleotomus.

<i>Podabrus</i> Genus of beetles

Podabrus is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 110 described species in Podabrus, recorded from Europe, North America and Asia.

Omethes is a genus of false soldier beetles in the family Omethidae. There are at least two described species in Omethes.

References

  1. Cirrus Digital Firefly Photuris lucicrescens
  2. Crowson, R.A. (1972). "A review of the classification of Cantharoidea (Coleoptera), with the definition of two new families, Cneoglossidae and Omethidae". Revista Univ Madr. 21: 35–77.
  3. Sybil P. Parker (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms . McGraw-Hill. ISBN   978-0-07-079031-5.