The Cantharoid beetles are a deprecated non-monophyletic taxonomic grouping (formerly superfamily Cantharoidea[2]), whose former members are now mostly within the currently accepted superfamily Elateroidea, and some (the former families Drilidae and Omalisidae) are now within Elateridae. One former family, Cneoglossidae, is now in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.
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| Photuris lucicrescens[1] | |
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| Superfamily: | Elateroidea Leach, 1815
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Families
edit- Lampyridae – firefly beetles
- Rhagophthalmidae – Asian starworms
- Phengodidae LeConte 1861 – glowworm beetles
- Brachypsectridae Leconte & Horn, 1883 – Texas beetles
- Lycidae – net-winged beetles
- Omethidae LeConte, 1861 – false firefly beetles (including Telegeusidae)
- Cantharidae – soldier beetles (including Chauliognathidae)
References
edit- ^ Cirrus Digital Firefly Photuris lucicrescens
- ^ Crowson, R.A. (1972). "A review of the classification of Cantharoidea (Coleoptera), with the definition of two new families, Cneoglossidae and Omethidae". Revista Univ Madr. 21: 35–77.
- ^ Sybil P. Parker (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-079031-5.
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