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Superfamily

Elateroidea (Click, firefly, and soldier beetles)

Aeolus livens. Photo: (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives.

— 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: Elateriformia (Elateriform beetles)
                    • Superfamily: Elateroidea (Click, firefly, and soldier beetles)
                      • Family: Lampyridae (Fireflies) (3)
                      • Family: Lycidae (Net-winged beetles) (2)
                      • Family: Elateridae (Click beetles) (8)
                      • Family: Cantharidae (Soldier beetles) (3)
                      • Family: Omethidae (False soldier beetles and false fireflies) (1)
                      • Family: Phengodidae (Glowworm beetles) (1)

Subtaxa

Family: Lampyridae (Fireflies)

Family: Lycidae (Net-winged beetles)

Family: Elateridae (Click beetles)

Family: Cantharidae (Soldier beetles)

Family: Omethidae (False soldier beetles and false fireflies)

Family: Phengodidae (Glowworm beetles)

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