Superfamily

Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, checkered, and soft-winged flower beetles)

Peltis pippingskoeldi. Photo: (c) Thomas Barbin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly.

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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: Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, checkered, and soft-winged flower beetles)
        Family: Peltidae (1)
        Family: Cleridae (Checkered beetles) (5)
        Family: Melyridae (Soft-winged flower beetles) (2)

Subtaxa

Family: Peltidae

Family: Cleridae (Checkered beetles)

Family: Melyridae (Soft-winged flower beetles)

Superfamily

Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, checkered, and soft-winged flower beetles)

Subtaxa

Where in Humboldt

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