Overview
Cucujoidea is a superfamily of beetles. They include many fungus beetles, as well as ladybugs. Also included are a diversity of lineages of "bark beetles" unrelated to the "true" bark beetles (Scolytinae), which are weevils (superfamily Curculionidea).
- Alexiidae Imhoff, 1856
- Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861 ? false skin beetles
- Boganiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845 ? dry bark beetles
- Byturidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858 ? fruitworm beetles
- Cavognathidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820 ? minute bark beetles
- Coccinellidae ? lady beetles
- Corylophidae LeConte, 1852 ? minute fungus beetles
- Cryptophagidae ? silken fungus beetles
- Cucujidae ? flat bark beetles
- Cyclaxyridae Klimaszewski & Watt, 1997
- Discolomatidae Horn, 1878
- Endomychidae ? handsome fungus beetles
- Erotylidae ? pleasing fungus beetles (including Cryptophilidae, Dacnidae, Languriidae, Loberidae, Pharaxonothidae, Tritomidae, and Xenoscelidae)
- Helotidae Reitter, 1876
- Hobartiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Kateretidae Erichson in Agassiz, 1846 ? short-winged flower beetles (= Brachypteridae)
- Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer 1899 ? lined flat bark beetles
- Lamingtoniidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Latridiidae ? minute brown scavenger beetles
- Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 ? root-eating beetles
- Myraboliidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991
- Nitidulidae ? sap beetles
- Passandridae Erichson, 1845 ? parasitic flat bark beetles
- Phalacridae ? shining flower beetles
- Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911
- Propalticidae Crowson, 1952
- Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954
- Silvanidae Kirby, 1937 ? silvanid flat bark beetles
- Smicripidae Horn, 1879 ? palmetto beetles
- Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1860 ? dry-fungus beetles
- Alexiidae Imhoff, 1856
- Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861 ? false skin beetles
- Boganiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845 ? dry bark beetles
- Byturidae Jacquelin du Val, 1 858 ? fruitworm beetles
- Cavognathidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820 ? minute bark beetles
- Coccinellidae ? lady beetles
- Corylophidae LeConte, 1852 ? minute fungus beetles
- Cryptophagidae ? silken fungus beetles
- Cucujidae ? flat bark beetles
- Cyclaxyridae Klimaszewski & Watt, 1997
- Discolomatidae Horn, 1878
- Endomychidae ? handsome fungus beetles
- Erotylidae ? pleasing fungus beetles (including Cryptophilidae, Dacnidae, Languriidae, Loberidae, Pharaxonothidae, Tritomidae, and Xenoscelidae)
- Helotidae Reitter, 1876
- Hobartiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Kateretidae Erichson in Agassiz, 1846 ? short-winged flower beetles (= Brachypteridae)
- Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer 1899 ? lined flat bark beetles
- Lamingtoniidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Latridiidae ? minute brown scavenger beetles
- Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 ? root-eating beetles
- Myraboliidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991
- Nitidulidae ? sap beetles
- Passandridae Erichson, 1845 ? parasitic flat bark beetles
- Phalacridae ? shining flower beetles
- Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911
- Propalticidae Crowson, 1952
- Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954
- Silvanidae Kirby, 1937 ? silvanid flat bark beetles
- Smicripidae Horn, 1879 ? palmetto beetles
- Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1860 ? dry-fungus beetles
References
Data related to Cucujoidea at Wikispecies
Taxonomy
The Superfamily Cucujoidea is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (30): Biphyllidae · Boganiidae · Brachypteridae · Byturidae · Cavognathidae · Cerylonidae · Coccinellidae · Corylophidae · Cryptophagidae · Cucujidae · Discolomidae · Endomychidae · Erotylidae · Helotidae · Laemophloeidae · Lamingtoniidae · Languriidae · Lathridiidae · Latridiidae · Monotomidae · Nitidulidae · Passandridae · Phalacridae · Phloeostichidae · Propalticidae · Protocucujidae · Rhizophagidae · Silvanidae · Sphaerosomatidae · Sphindidae
Families
Biphyllidae
Boganiidae
Boganiidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. [more]
Brachypteridae
Byturidae
Byturidae, also known as Fruitworms is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. The larvae develop in fruits. Byturus unicolor affects species of Rubus and Geum, the larvae of Raspberry beetle raspberry plants. [more]
Cavognathidae
Cavognathidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. [more]
Cerylonidae
Cerylonidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.The Cerylonidae are a family of small to minute beetles (usually 2 mm. 01- less) which occur most commonly in forest litter and under bark. At present, there are about 40 genera and over 300 described species known from all of the major zoogeographic regions. Crowson (1955) first recognized the Cerylonidae as an independent clavicorn family, including the cerylonines and murmidiines, as well as Euxes- tus and its allies; but these groups have been treated as tribes of the heteromerous family Colydiidae by both Hetschko (1930) and Ar- nett (1968). In their world generic revision of the family, Sen Gupta and 'Crowson (1973) added Anommatus Wesmael, Abromus Reitter, and Ostomopsis Scott, while transferring Eidoreus Sharp (== Eupsilob'ws Casey) to the Endomychidae. The present paper consists of a revision of the 10 genera and 18 species of Cerylonidae occurring in America north of Mexico. With respect to the compo- sition of the family and that of its major subordinate groups, we have followed the classification presented by Sen Gupta and Crowson; the interrelationships among the subgroups, however, are still obscure, so we have treated the Euxestinae, Anommatinae, Metaceqloninae (not North American), Murrnidiinae, Ostomopsinae, and Cerylon- inae as independent subfamilies. The following abbreviations have been used in keys and descrip- tions: PL - pronotal length, PW - pronotal width, EL - elytral length, EW - elytral width, and TL -sum of PL and EL. The word "length" refers to the total length, including the head, and is 'Published with the aid of a grant from the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Museum of comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass [more]
Coccinellidae
Coccinellidae is a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds (UK, Ireland, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Malta, some parts of Canada and the US), or ladybugs (North America). Scientists increasingly prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not true bugs. Lesser-used names include God's cow, ladycock, lady cow, and lady fly. [more]
Corylophidae
Corylophidae is a family of beetles, sometimes known as the minute fungus beetles. [more]
Cryptophagidae
Cryptophagidae is a family of beetles with representatives found in all ecozones. Only around 800 species have been described but it seems certain that many others await discovery. Members of this family are commonly called silken fungus beetles and both adults and larvae appear to feed exclusively on fungi although in a wide variety of habitats and situations (e.g. rotting wood, shed animal fur/feathers). These beetles are generally small to very small, usually with a basically oval body shape with a slight "waist". [more]
Cucujidae
The Cucujidae, sometimes called flat bark beetles are a family of distinctively flat beetles found worldwide under the bark of dead and live trees. The family consists of about 40 species in four genera. [more]
Discolomidae
Endomychidae
Endomychidae, or handsome fungus beetles is a family of beetles with representatives found in all ecozones.There are around 120 genera and 1300 species. As the name suggests Endomychidae feed on fungi. [more]
Erotylidae
Erotylidae is the pleasing fungus beetles, is a family of beetles containing over 100 genera. In the present circumscription, it includes the subfamilies , Encaustinae, Erotylinae, Megalodacninae, and Tritominae. In other words, the narrowly-circumscribed Erotylidae correspond to the subfamily Erotylinae in the definition sensu lato. They feed on plant and fungal matter; some are important pollinators (e.g. of the ancient cycads), while a few have gained notoriety as pests of some significance. Sometimes, useful and harmful species are found in one genus, e.g. Pharaxonotha. Most pleasing fungus beetles are inoffensive animals of little significance to humans however. [more]
Helotidae
Laemophloeidae
Laemophloeidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. [more]
Lamingtoniidae
Languriidae
Lathridiidae
Latridiidae
Latridiidae is a family of tiny, little-known beetles commonly called minute brown scavenger beetles. The number of described species currently stands at around 1050 in 29 genera but the number of species is undoubtedly much higher. [more]
Monotomidae
Nitidulidae
The sap beetles are a family (Nitidulidae) of beetles. [more]
Passandridae
Phalacridae
The Phalacridae are a family of beetles commonly called the shining flower beetles. They are often found in composite flowers. They are oval-shaped, usually tan, and about 2 mm in length. [more]
Phloeostichidae
Propalticidae
Propalticidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. It contains two genera (Propalticus and Slipinskogenia) with the following species: [more]
Protocucujidae
Rhizophagidae
Silvanidae
Sphaerosomatidae
Sphindidae
At least 29 species and subspecies belong to the Family Sphindidae.
More info about the Family Sphindidae may be found here.
References
Data related to Cucujoidea at Wikispecies
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