Cucujoidea
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Cucujoidea is a superfamily
of beetles. They include many fungus beetles, as well as ladybugs. Also included are a diversity of lineages of "bark beetles" unrelated to the "true" bark beetles (Scolytinae), which are weevil
s (superfamily Curculionidea).
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of beetles. They include many fungus beetles, as well as ladybugs. Also included are a diversity of lineages of "bark beetles" unrelated to the "true" bark beetles (Scolytinae), which are weevil
Weevil
A weevil is any beetle from the Curculionoidea superfamily. They are usually small, less than , and herbivorous. There are over 60,000 species in several families, mostly in the family Curculionidae...
s (superfamily Curculionidea).
Families
- AlexiidaeAlexiidaeAlexiidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.. It contains the single genus Sphaerosoma with the following species:* Sphaerosoma algiricum * Sphaerosoma alutaceum...
Imhoff, 1856 - BiphyllidaeBiphyllidaeBiphyllidae or False Skin Beetles is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. Worldwide, about 195 species are known. They live under the bark of dead trees and feed on fungi....
LeConte, 1861 – false skin beetles - BoganiidaeBoganiidaeBoganiidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966 - BothrideridaeBothrideridaeBothrideridae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. Larvae of some species are ectoparasites of the larvae and pupas of wood-boring beetles....
Erichson, 1845 – dry bark beetles - ByturidaeByturidaeByturidae, also known as Fruitworms is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. The larvae develop in fruits. Byturus unicolor affects species of Rubus and Geum, the larvae of Raspberry beetle raspberry plants....
Jacquelin du Val, 1858 – fruitworm beetles - CavognathidaeCavognathidaeCavognathidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966 - CerylonidaeCerylonidaeCerylonidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Billberg, 1820 – minute bark beetles - CoccinellidaeCoccinellidaeCoccinellidae is a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds , or ladybugs . Scientists increasingly prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not true bugs...
– lady beetles - Corylophidae LeConte, 1852 – minute fungus beetles
- CryptophagidaeCryptophagidaeCryptophagidae is a family of beetles with representatives found in all ecozones. Only around 800 species have been described but it seems certain that many others await discovery. Members of this family are commonly called silken fungus beetles and both adults and larvae appear to feed exclusively...
– silken fungus beetles - Cucujidae – flat bark beetleFlat bark beetleThe Cucujidae, sometimes called flat bark beetles are a family of distinctively flat beetles found worldwide under the bark of dead and live trees. The family consists of about 40 species in four genera....
s - Cyclaxyridae Klimaszewski & Watt, 1997
- DiscolomatidaeDiscolomatidaeDiscolomatidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.-External links: Tree of Life...
Horn, 1878 - EndomychidaeEndomychidaeEndomychidae, or handsome fungus beetles is a family of beetles with representatives found in all ecozones.There are around 120 genera and 1300 species. As the name suggests Endomychidae feed on fungi....
– handsome fungus beetles - ErotylidaeErotylidaeErotylidae is the pleasing fungus beetles, is a family of beetles containing over 100 genera. In the present circumscription, it includes the subfamilies Dacninae, Encaustinae, Erotylinae, Megalodacninae, and Tritominae. In other words, the narrowly-circumscribed Erotylidae correspond to the...
– pleasing fungus beetles (including Cryptophilidae, Dacnidae, Languriidae, Loberidae, Pharaxonothidae, Tritomidae, and Xenoscelidae) - HelotidaeHelotidaeHelotidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.-Additional sources:* Ritsema C. A systematic catalogue of the Coleopterous family Helotidae in the Leiden Museum Zoologische Mededelingen, Vol. 1 P. 125-139...
Reitter, 1876 - HobartiidaeHobartiidaeHobartiidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966 - KateretidaeKateretidaeKateretidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Erichson in Agassiz, 1846 – short-winged flower beetles (= Brachypteridae) - LaemophloeidaeLaemophloeidaeLaemophloeidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Ganglbauer 1899 – lined flat bark beetles - LamingtoniidaeLamingtoniidaeLamingtoniidae is a very small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. It contains the single genus Lamingtonium and the single species Lamingtonium binnaberrense....
Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966 - LatridiidaeLatridiidaeLatridiidae is a family of tiny, little-known beetles commonly called minute brown scavenger beetles. The number of described species currently stands at around 1050 in 29 genera but the number of species is undoubtedly much higher.-References:*...
– minute brown scavenger beetles - Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 – root-eating beetles
- Myraboliidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991
- Nitidulidae – sap beetleSap beetleThe sap beetles are a family of beetles.They are small ovoid, usually dull-coloured beetles, with knobbed antennae. Some have red or yellow spots or bands. They feed mainly on decaying vegetable matter, over-ripe fruit, and sap...
s - Passandridae Erichson, 1845 – parasitic flat bark beetles
- Phalacridae – shining flower beetleShining flower beetleThe Phalacridae are a family of beetles commonly called the shining flower beetles. They are often found in composite flowers. They are oval-shaped, usually tan, and about 2 mm in length.Worldwide there are about 638 species in 52 genera.-U.K.:...
s - PhloeostichidaePhloeostichidaePhloeostichidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Reitter, 1911 - PropalticidaePropalticidaePropalticidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. It contains two genera with the following species:* Genus Propalticus Sharp, 1879** Propalticus acupinctus...
Crowson, 1952 - ProtocucujidaeProtocucujidaeProtocucujidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Crowson, 1954 - SilvanidaeSilvanidaeSilvanidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Kirby, 1937 – silvanid flat bark beetles - SmicripidaeSmicripidaeSmicripidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Horn, 1879 – palmetto beetles - SphindidaeSphindidaeSphindidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Jacquelin du Val, 1860 – dry-fungus beetles