Cucujiformia

infraorder of beetles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cucujiformia
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The Cucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles. It includes most plant-eating beetles.

Quick facts Scientific classification, Superfamilies ...

It has six superfamilies:

  • Chrysomeloidea ~7 families including longhorn beetles & leaf beetles
  • Cleroidea checkered beetles, bark-gnawing beetles and Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles
  • Cucujoidea 32 families including ladybirds and fungus beetles
  • Curculionoidea ~8 families mostly weevils; also snout beetles and bark beetles
  • Lymexylidae (ship-timber beetles)
  • Tenebrionoidea (formerly "Heteromera") 30 families including blister beetles and ant-like beetles
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