Cantharoid beetles

The Cantharoid beetles are a group of beetles formerly placed in the now deprecated superfamily Cantharoidea.^[2][3] The family was found to be non-monophyletic taxonomic and most former members are now placed within the accepted superfamily Elateroidea.^[4] Some former families, Drilidae and Omalisidae, are now placed within Elateridae.^[5] One former family, Cneoglossidae, is now in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.^[4]

Cantharoid beetles
Photuris lucicrescens[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Superfamily:	Elateroidea Leach, 1815
Families
10, see text

Families

The superfamily contained ten families.^[2][3] These are now families in Elateroidea,^[4] except where indicated.

• Brachypsectridae Leconte & Horn, 1883 (Texas beetles).
• Cneoglossidae Champion, 1897. Now treated as a family in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.^[4]
• Homalisidae . This monotypic family contained the genus Homalisus, which is now treated as genus Omalisus in subfamily Omalisinae of Elateridae.
• Lycidae Laporte, 1836 (net-winged beetles)
• Drilidae Blanchard, 1845 (false firefly beetles). Now treated as tribe Drilini in subfamily Agryoninae of Elateridae.
• Phengodidae LeConte 1861 (glowworm beetles)
• Telegeusidae Leng, 1920 (long-lipped beetles). Sometimes treated as subfamily of Omethidae.
• Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 (firefly beetles)
• Omethidae LeConte, 1861 – (false soldier beetles)
• Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 (1815) (soldier beetles)