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Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea - Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles
Superfamily Staphylinoidea - Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea - Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles
Superfamily Scirtoidea - Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles
Superfamily Dascilloidea - Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles
Superfamily Buprestoidea - Metallic Wood Boring Beetles
Superfamily Byrrhoidea - Pill, Water and Toe-winged Beetles
Superfamily Elateroidea - Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles
Superfamily Derodontoidea - Tooth-necked Fungus Beetles
Superfamily Bostrichoidea - Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles
Superfamily Lymexylonoidea - Ship-timber Beetles
Superfamily Cleroidea - Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles
Superfamily Cucujoidea - Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea - Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea - Long-horned and Leaf Beetles
Superfamily Curculionoidea - Snout and Bark Beetles