Cleroidea

Cleroidea
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent
Trogodendron fasciculatum (Cleridae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Families

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Anthocomus rufus (Melyridae)
Airora cylindrica (Trogossitidae)

Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species.[1] Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Gimmel, Matthew L.; Bocakova, Milada; Gunter, Nicole L.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (2019). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (3): 527–558. doi:10.1111/syen.12338. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 91437400.