| Scirtoidea | |
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| Cyphon padi (Scirtidae) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821 |
| Families | |
See text | |
Scirtoidea is asuperfamily ofbeetles.[1] It is traditionally considered to consist of four families:Clambidae,Decliniidae,Eucinetidae andScirtidae.[2] However, genetic studies have suggested that Clambidae and Eucinetidae belong to a separate superfamily Clamboidea, which also includesDerodontidae. Scirtoidea and Clamboidea are the two earliest diverging lineages of livingpolyphagans.[1]
Two extinct families have also been assigned to this group:
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