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Superfamily Elateroidea

Beetle - Podabrus tomentosus · - Aeolus Troscidae > Aulonothroscus - Aulonothroscus Malthodes? - Malthodes Insect on Marigold - Photuris Chauliognathus marginatus Podabrus? - Rhagonycha Chalcolepidius smaragdinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Jacobsoniidae recently transferred to Derodontoidea(1)
Numbers
12 families in our area, 17 total(2)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera, Beetles; Morphology and Systematics vol. 2
Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence. 2010. De Gruyter.
2.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:12am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 1:28pm

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