Cucujoidea is a superfamily of beetles. They include many fungus beetles, as well as lady beetles ("ladybugs" or "ladybirds"). Also included are a diversity of lineages of "bark beetles" unrelated to the "true" bark beetles (Scolytinae), which are weevils (superfamily Curculionidea).
Families
- Alexiidae Imhoff, 1856
- Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861 â€" false skin beetles
- Boganiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845 â€" dry bark beetles
- Byturidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858 â€" fruitworm beetles
- Cavognathidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Coccinellidae â€" lady beetles
- Corylophidae LeConte, 1852 â€" minute fungus beetles
- Cryptophagidae â€" silken fungus beetles
- Cucujidae â€" flat bark beetles
- Cyclaxyridae Klimaszewski & Watt, 1997
- Discolomatidae Horn, 1878
- Endomychidae â€" handsome fungus beetles
- Erotylidae â€" pleasing fungus beetles (including Cryptophilidae, Dacnidae, Languriidae, Loberidae, Pharaxonothidae, Tritomidae, and Xenoscelidae)
- Helotidae Reitter, 1876
- Hobartiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Kateretidae Erichson in Agassiz, 1846 â€" short-winged flower beetles (= Brachypteridae)
- Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer 1899 â€" lined flat bark beetles
- Lamingtoniidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
- Latridiidae â€" minute brown scavenger beetles
- Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 â€" root-eating beetles
- Myraboliidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991
- Nitidulidae â€" sap beetles
- Passandridae Erichson, 1845 â€" parasitic flat bark beetles
- Phalacridae â€" shining flower beetles
- Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911
- Propalticidae Crowson, 1952
- Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954
- Silvanidae Kirby, 1937 â€" silvanid flat bark beetles
- Smicripidae Horn, 1879 â€" palmetto beetles
- Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1860 â€" dry-fungus beetles
References
- Data related to Cucujoidea at Wikispecies