Superfamily

Tenebrionoidea (Darkling beetles and allies)

Epicauta puncticollis. Photo: (c) Jason Headley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The Tenebrionoidea are a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles. It generally corresponds to the Heteromera of earlier authors.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
        Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea (Darkling beetles and allies)
        Family: Tetratomidae (Polypore fungus beetles) (1)
        Family: Pyrochroidae (Fire-colored beetles) (1)
        Family: Zopheridae (Ironclad beetles) (5)
        Family: Oedemeridae (False blister beetles) (2)
        Family: Tenebrionidae (Darkling beetles) (3)
        Family: Melandryidae (False darkling beetles) (3)
        Family: Meloidae (Blister beetles) (1)

Subtaxa

Family: Tetratomidae (Polypore fungus beetles)

Family: Pyrochroidae (Fire-colored beetles)

Family: Zopheridae (Ironclad beetles)

Family: Oedemeridae (False blister beetles)

Family: Tenebrionidae (Darkling beetles)

Family: Melandryidae (False darkling beetles)

Family: Meloidae (Blister beetles)

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