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    Elateriformia

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    Elateriformia
    Agrypnus murinus, a click beetle
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Coleoptera
    Suborder: Polyphaga
    Infraorder: Elateriformia
    Crowson, 1960
    Superfamilies

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    Elateriformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles. The two largest families in this group are buprestids, of which there are around 15,000 described species, and click beetles, of which there are around 10,000 described species.

    The infraorder consists of six superfamilies:[1]

    • Buprestoidea — the metallic wood-boring beetles
    • Byrrhoidea — families including long-toed water beetles, moss beetles and mud-loving beetles
    • Dascilloidea
    • Elateroidea — including the click beetles and soldier beetles
    • Rhinorhipoidea
    • Scirtoidea

    See also

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    • List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera

    References

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    1. ^ Lawrence, J. F. & Newton, A. F. Jr. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selectes genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). In: Pakaluk y Slipinski (Eds.). Biology, phylogeny and classification of Coleoptera: Papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa. Pp. 779-1006. ISBN 83-85192-34-4.

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