Scirtoidea Explained

Scirtoidea is a superfamily of beetles.^[1] It is traditionally considered to consist of four families: Clambidae, Decliniidae, Eucinetidae and Scirtidae.^[2] However, genetic studies have suggested that Clambidae and Eucinetidae belong to a separate superfamily Clamboidea, which also includes Derodontidae. Scirtoidea and Clamboidea are the two earliest diverging lineages of living polyphagans.

Two extinct families have also been assigned to this group:

• † Mesocinetidae Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 2010 Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Asia)
• † Elodophthalmidae Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008 monotypic, Lebanese amber, Barremian

External links

• Tree of Life

Notes and References

1. Cai . Chenyang . Tihelka . Erik . Giacomelli . Mattia . Lawrence . John F. . Ślipiński . Adam . Kundrata . Robin . Yamamoto . Shûhei . Thayer . Margaret K. . Newton . Alfred F. . Leschen . Richard A. B. . Gimmel . Matthew L. . Lü . Liang . Engel . Michael S. . Bouchard . Patrice . Huang . Diying . March 2022 . Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles . Royal Society Open Science . en . 9 . 3 . 211771 . 10.1098/rsos.211771 . 2054-5703 . 8941382 . 35345430. 2022RSOS....911771C .
2. 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00369.x. The pterothoracic skeletomuscular system of Scirtoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) and its implications for the high-level phylogeny of beetles. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 44. 4. 290–315. 2006. Friedrich. F.. Beutel. R. G..