Cucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles, representing most plant-eating beetles.[1] Genetic studies have shown that the traditional superfamily “Cucujoidea” is not a single natural group, helping scientists better understand how “Cucujiformia” evolved. Rather transcriptomic evidence shows that Cucujiformia likely originated in the Permian, with major superfamily diversification during the Cretaceous time period, in connection with the rise of flowering plants.[citation needed]
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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)
References
- ^ Robertson, James A.; Ślipiński, Adam; Moulton, Matthew; et al. (2015). “Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)”. Systematic Entomology. 40 (4): 745–778. doi:10.1111/syen.12138. S2CID 55206626.
External links
- “Cucujiformia“. Atlas of Living Australia. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
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