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Cucujoidea
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).
26 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
Sap-feeding Beetles
familyNitidulidae
Pleasing Fungus Beetles
familyErotylidae
Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles
familySilvanidae
Shining Flower Beetles
familyPhalacridae
Silken Fungus Beetles
familyCryptophagidae
Flat bark beetles
familyCucujidae
Lined Flat Bark Beetles
familyLaemophloeidae
Short-winged Flower Beetles
familyKateretidae
Minute Clubbed Beetles
familyMonotomidae
Parasitic Flat Bark Beetles
familyPassandridae
Helotidae
familyHelotidae
Cybocephalidae
familyCybocephalidae
Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles
familySphindidae
Myraboliidae
familyMyraboliidae
Protocucujidae
familyProtocucujidae
Cavognathidae
familyCavognathidae
Smicripidae
familySmicripidae
Boganiidae
familyBoganiidae
Cyclaxyridae
familyCyclaxyridae
Priasilphidae
familyPriasilphidae
Phloeostichidae
familyPhloeostichidae
Agapythidae
familyAgapythidae
Tasmosalpingidae
familyTasmosalpingidae
Lamingtoniidae
familyLamingtoniidae
Wabbelidae
familyWabbelidae
Hobartiidae
familyHobartiidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48485.