| Scirtoidea | |
|---|---|
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| Cyphon padi (Scirtidae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821 |
| Families | |
| See text | |
Scirtoidea is a superfamily of beetles in the suborder Polyphaga.
There are four extant families in this small superfamily:[1]
- Clambidae
- Decliniidae
- Eucinetidae
- Scirtidae
- † Mesocinetidae Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 2010 Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Asia)
- † Elodophthalmidae Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008 monotypic, Lebanese amber, Barremian
References
- ^ Friedrich, F.; Beutel, R. G. (2006). "The pterothoracic skeletomuscular system of Scirtoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) and its implications for the high-level phylogeny of beetles". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 44 (4): 290–315. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00369.x.
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