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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea

Superfamily Cleroidea

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
Beautiful and beetlecidal - Enoclerus muttkowskii Mecomycter - Mecomycter omalinus Cleridae, pupa, end of abdomen - Enoclerus nigripes Phyllobaenus? - Phyllobaenus discoideus Attalina - Tanaops coelestinus Beetles mating on yellow pincushion blossom - Trichochrous - male - female Ornate Checkered Beetle - Trichodes ornatus Cymatodera inornata? - Cymatodera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Numbers
9 families in our area (counting the Thanerocleridae as family), 18 total(1); this lineage is the most underrepresented in NA among beetle superfamilies(2)(3)
Identification
key to [sub]families in (1)
Works Cited
1.Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)
Gimmel M.L., Bocakova M., Gunter N.L., Leschen R.A.B. 2019. Sys. Entomol. 44: 527-558.
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.
3.Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)
Robertson J.A., Ślipiński A., Moulton M., Shockley F.W., Giorgi A., Lord N.P., McKenna D.D., Tomaszewska W., Forrester J. ... 2015. Syst. Entomol. doi: 10.1111/syen.12138.
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:12am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 1:21pm

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