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Elateroidea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elateroidea Denticollis.linearis.2.jpg Denticollis linearis, a click beetle Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Polyphaga Infraorder: Elateriformia Superfamily: Elateroidea Leach, 1815 Families About 15-20, see text The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives. Certain clusters of families within the superfamily are more strongly related to one another; for example, the Elateridae have close ties to the Anischiidae, Cerophytidae, Eucnemidae, and Throscidae, and some of these beetles can also "click". Likewise, the Lampyridae are very closely related to the Drilidae, Omalisidae, Phengodidae (which includes Telegeusidae), and the doubtfully distinct Rhagophthalmidae; members of these families are also bioluminescent, at least as larvae. This group of families also includes many taxa whose females are larviform, though this is also known from a few other families in the superfamily. The validity and relationships of some families, such as Podabrocephalidae, Rhagophthalmidae, and Rhinorhipidae, are not fully resolved. Families[edit] Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857 – soft-bodied plant beetles (= Eurypogonidae) Brachypsectridae Leconte & Horn, 1883 – Texas beetles Cantharidae – soldier beetles Cerophytidae – rare click beetles Drilidae Blanchard, 1845 Elateridae – click beetles (including Ampedidae, Dicronychidae, Lissomidae, Prosternidae, Protelateridae, Pyrophoridae, Synaptidae) Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 – false click beetles (including Anischiidae and Perothopidae) Lampyridae – firefly beetles Lycidae – net-winged beetles Omalisidae Lacordaire, 1857 (= Homalisidae, Omalysidae) Omethidae LeConte, 1861 – false firefly beetles Phengodidae LeConte 1861 – glowworm beetles (including Telegeusidae) Plastoceridae Crowson, 1972 Podabrocephalidae Pic, 1930 Rhagophthalmidae (sometimes in Phengodidae, might belong in Lampyridae) Rhinorhipidae Lawrence, 1988 Throscidae Laporte, 1840 – false metallic wood-boring beetles (= Balgidae, Trixagidae) References[edit] External links[edit] Wikispecies has information related to: Elateroidea Tree of Life - Elateroidea [show] v t e Extant Coleoptera families This Elateroidea-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Categories: ElateroideaBeetle superfamiliesElateroidea stubs