Cucujiformia

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

Cucujiformia

Lymexyloidea Lymexylon navale

Tenebrionoidea Nephodinus metallescens

Cleroidea

Thaneroclerus buqueti

Chrysomeloidea Chrysomela vigintipunctata

Curculionoidea Curculio nucum

Cucujoidea Palaestes nicaraguae

Coccinelloidea Coccinella septempunctata

Cucujiformia
Gonipterus gibberus on Casuarina sp
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
Superfamilies

The infraorder contains the seven superfamilies:

References

  1. 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.


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