Infraorder

Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)

Cathormiocerus curvipes. Photo: (c) Michael A. Voeltz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles, representing the vast majority of plant-eating beetles.

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) (16)
        Superfamily: Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, checkered, and soft-winged flower beetles) (8)
        Superfamily: Coccinelloidea (Lady, fungus, scavenger, and bark beetles) (19)
        Superfamily: Cerambycoidea (Long-horned beetles and allies) (44)
        Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea (Leaf beetles and allies) (16)
        Superfamily: Curculionoidea (Snout and bark beetles) (23)

Subtaxa

Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea (Darkling beetles and allies)

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

Superfamily: Coccinelloidea (Lady, fungus, scavenger, and bark beetles)

Superfamily: Cerambycoidea (Long-horned beetles and allies)

Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea (Leaf beetles and allies)

Superfamily: Curculionoidea (Snout and bark beetles)

Where in Humboldt

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