ELATEROIDEA Leach, 1815
(a superfamily of beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
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Family 12 subtaxa 60 images 14 ident. refs
Family 2 ident. refs
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Family 21 subtaxa 229 images 7 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Family 1 subtaxa 15 images 2 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Family 2 subtaxa 36 images 5 ident. refs
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Family 1 subtaxa 26 images 2 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 9 images 1 ident. refs
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Genus 1 subtaxa 9 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

ELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 60 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
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