Cucujiformia

Cucujiformia
	Gonipterus gibberus on Casuarina sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia; Lameere, 1938
Superfamilies
	Chrysomeloidea; Cleroidea; Coccinelloidea; Cucujoidea; Curculionoidea; Lymexyloidea; Tenebrionoidea;

Cucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles, representing most plant-eating beetles.^[1]

Cucujiformia

The infraorder contains the seven superfamilies:

Chrysomeloidea (~7 families including longhorn beetles and leaf beetles)
Cleroidea (checkered beetles, bark-gnawing beetles and soft-winged flower beetles)
Coccinelloidea (15 families, includes ladybirds and fungus beetles)
Cucujoidea (~27 families)
Curculionoidea (~8 families primarily consisting of weevils and also including snout beetles and bark beetles)
Lymexyloidea (ship-timber beetles)
Tenebrionoidea (formerly "Heteromera") (30 families including blister beetles and ant-like beetles)

References

^ Robertson, James A.; Ślipiński, Adam; Moulton, Matthew; et al. (2015). "Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)". Systematic Entomology. 40 (4): 745–778. doi:10.1111/syen.12138. S2CID 55206626.

"Cucujiformia". Atlas of Living Australia. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-16.

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