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Superfamily

Tenebrionoidea (Darkling beetles and allies)

Megataphrus tenuicornis. Photo: (c) Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, some rights reserved (CC BY)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

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

— Wikipedia

  • 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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