Cucujoidea
Cucujoidea is a superfamily of beetles. This group formerly included all of the families now included in the superfamily Coccinelloidea.[1] They include some fungus beetles and a diversity of lineages of "bark beetles" unrelated to the "true" bark beetles (Scolytinae), which are weevils (superfamily Curculionoidea).
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea Latreille, 1802 |
Morphology
The morphology of Cucujoidea is varied and there are no features uniting all members of the superfamily.[1]
Adults can be recognised by the procoxal cavities being internally open in most taxa, females having tarsal formula 5-5-5 and males 5-5-5 or 5-5-4 (rarely 4-4-4), females with tergite VIII concealed dorsally by tergite VII, and males with tergite X completely membraneous.[1]
Larvae have frontal arms usually lyriform, the mandible mesal surface usually with well-developed mola, a maxillary articulating area usually present, a hypopharyngeal sclerome usually present, and two pretarsal setae.[1]
Taxonomy
According to a 2015 revision, the following 25 families make up superfamily Cucujoidea:[1]
- Agapythidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969
- Boganiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Cavognathidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1826 – silken fungus beetles
- Cucujidae Latreille, 1802 – flat bark beetles
- Cybocephalidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858
- Cyclaxyridae Gimmel, Leschen & Ślipiński, 2009 – sooty mould beetles
- Erotylidae Latreille, 1802 – pleasing fungus beetles
- Helotidae Reitter, 1876
- Hobartiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Kateretidae Erichson in Agassiz, 1846 – short-winged flower beetles (= Brachypteridae)
- Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer 1899 – lined flat bark beetles
- Lamingtoniidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 – root-eating beetles
- Myraboliidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991
- Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802 – sap beetles
- Passandridae Erichson, 1845 – parasitic flat bark beetles
- Phalacridae Leach, 1815 – shining flower beetles
- Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911
- Priasilphidae Crowson, 1973
- Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954
- Silvanidae Kirby, 1937 – silvanid flat bark beetles
- Smicripidae Horn, 1879 – palmetto beetles
- Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1860 – dry-fungus beetles
- Tasmosalpingidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991
- †Parandrexidae Kirejtshuk, 1994 (Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous)
Extinct genera
- †Alloterocucus Li et al., 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian- earliest Cenomanian)
References
- Robertson, James A.; Ślipiński, Adam; Moulton, Matthew; Shockley, Floyd W.; Giorgi, Adriano; Lord, Nathan P.; Mckenna, Duane D.; Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Forrester, Juanita; Miller, Kelly B.; Whiting, Michael F. (2015). "Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia): Systematics of Cucujoidea and Coccinelloidea". Systematic Entomology. 40 (4): 745–778. doi:10.1111/syen.12138. S2CID 55206626.
External links
Media related to Cucujoidea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cucujoidea at Wikispecies