| Cantharoid beetles | |
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| Photuris lucicrescens[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Elateroidea Leach, 1815 |
| Families | |
10, seetext | |
TheCantharoid beetles are a group of beetles formerly placed in the now deprecated superfamily Cantharoidea.[2][3] The family was found to be non-monophyletic taxonomic and most former members are now placed within the accepted superfamilyElateroidea.[4] Some former families,Drilidae andOmalisidae, are now placed withinElateridae.[5] One former family,Cneoglossidae, is now in the superfamilyByrrhoidea.[4]
The superfamily contained ten families.[2][3] These are now families in Elateroidea,[4] except where indicated.
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