- The
Elateroidea are a
large superfamily of beetles. It
contains the
familiar click beetles, fireflies, and
soldier beetles and
their relatives. It consists...
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numerous primitive weevils (e.g. Curculionoidea) and
click beetles (e.g.
Elateroidea) appeared. The
first jewel beetles (e.g. Buprestidae) are present, but...
- "Higher-Level
Phylogeny and
Reclassification of
Lampyridae (Coleoptera:
Elateroidea)".
Insect Systematics and Diversity. 3 (6).
Oxford University Press )...
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Staphylinidae and Ripiphoridae), or
secondarily lost altogether, as in
various Elateroidea lineages with
wingless females. In some
flightless groups, the elytra...
- Hydrophiloidea, Staphylinoidea, Scarabaeoidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea,
Elateroidea, and Bostrichoidea. The
infraorder Cucujiformia includes the vast majority...
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unusual click mechanism they possess.
There are a few
other families of
Elateroidea in
which a few
members have the same mechanism, but most
elaterid subfamilies...
-
plant beetles)
Rhipiceridae (cicada beetle,
cicada parasite beetles)
Elateroidea Artematopodidae (soft-bodied
plant beetles)
Brachypsectridae (Texas beetles)...
- (2019-07-17). "Sinopyrophorinae, a new
subfamily of
Elateridae (Coleoptera,
Elateroidea) with the
first record of a
luminous click beetle in Asia and evidence...
- Smetana, A., eds. (2007).
Catalogue of
Palaearctic Coleoptera,
Volume 4:
Elateroidea -
Derodontoidea -
Bostrichoidea -
Lymexyloidea -
Cleroidea - Cucujoidea...
- are
closely related, and are all
members of the
beetle superfamily,
Elateroidea.
Phylogenetic analyses have
indicated that
bioluminescence may have a...
