Cucujiformia Explained

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

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)

External links

• Web site: Cucujiformia . Atlas of Living Australia . 2018-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180416201107/https://bie.ala.org.au/species/NZOR-4-27195 . 2018-04-16 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Robertson . James A. . Ślipiński . Adam . Moulton . Matthew . Shockley . Floyd W. . Giorgi . Adriano . Lord . Nathan P. . McKenna . Duane D. . Tomaszewska . Wioletta . Forrester . Juanita . Miller . Kelly B. . Whiting . Michael F. . McHugh . Joseph V. . 3 . Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia) . 2015 . . 40 . 4 . 745–778 . 10.1111/syen.12138 . 55206626 .