Cucujoidea

Cucujus coccinatus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Cucujoidea
Familiae (15): Agapythidae – Cavognathidae – Cryptophagidae – Cucujidae – Cyclaxyridae – Hobartiidae – Laemophloeidae – Lamingtoniidae – Myraboliidae – Passandridae – Phalacridae – Phloeostichidae – Priasilphidae – Silvanidae – Tasmosalpingidae

Superfamiliae incertae sedis: †Meligethiellinae

Name

Cucujoidea Latreille, 1802

References

Primary references

• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii + 13–467 [+ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Alekseev, V.I. 2017. A new coleopterous family Wabbelidae fam. nov. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Baltic amber (Cenozoic, Paleogene, Eocene). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 17(1): 29–41. PDF. Reference page. 
• Cai, C., Tihelka, E., Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Kundrata, R., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Leschen, R.A.B., Gimmel, M.L., Lü, L., Engel, M.S., Bouchard, P., Huang, D., Pisani, D. & Donoghue, P.C.J. 2022. Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science 9: 211771. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211771 . [Supplemental material] Reference page. 
• Gimmel, M., Leschen, R.A.B. & Ślipiński, S.A. 2009. Review of the New Zealand endemic family Cyclaxyridae, new family (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(2): 511–528. PDF Reference page. 
• Hunt, T., Bergsten, J., Levkanicova, Z., Papadopoulou, A., St. John, O., Wild, R., Hammond, P.M., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Caterino, M.S., Gómez-Zurita, J., Ribera, I., Barraclough, T.G., Bocakova, M., Bocak, L. & Vogler, A.P. 2007. A comprehensive phylogeny of beetles reveals the evolutionary origins of a superradiation. Science 318: 1913–1916. DOI: 10.1126/science.1146954 . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Ponomarenko, A.G., Prokin, A.A., Chang, H., Nikolajev, G.V. & Ren, D. 2010. Current knowledge of Mesozoic Coleoptera from Daohugou and Liaoning (northeast China). Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(4): 783–792. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00253.x . PDF. Reference page. 
• Leschen, R.A.B., Lawrence, J.F. & Ślipiński, S.A. 2005. Classification of basal Cucujoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga): cladistic analysis, keys and review of new families. Invertebrate Systematics 19: 17–73. DOI: 10.1071/IS04007 . Reference page. 
• Leschen, R.A.B.; Ślipiński, A. 2010: 10. Cucujoidea, Latreille, 1802. Introduction, phylogeny. Pp. 281-282 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
• I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-67-6, p. 455
• Lord, N.P., Hartley, C.S., Lawrence, J.F., McHugh, J.V., Whiting, M.F. & Miller, K.B. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of the minute brown scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), and recognition of a new beetle family, Akalyptoischiidae, fam. n. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology 35(4): 753–763. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00532.x PDF. Reference page. 
• McElrath, T.C., Robertson, J.A., Thomas, M.C., Osborne, J., Miller, K.B., McHugh, J.V. & Whiting, M.F. 2015. A molecular phylogenetic study of Cucujidae s.l. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology 40(4): 705–718. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12133 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Pakaluk, J., Ślipiński, S.A. & Lawrence, J.F. 1994. Current classification and family-group names in Cucujoidea (Coleoptera). Genus 5: 223–268. Reference page. 
• Robertson, J.A., Ślipiński, A., Moulton, M., Shockley, F.W., Giorgi, J.A., Lord, N.P., McKenna, D.D., Tomaszewska, W., Forrester, J., Miller, K.B., Whiting, M.F. & McHugh, J.V. 2015. Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology 40(4): 745–778. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12138 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• McHugh, Joseph 2008. Cucujoidea Latreille 1802. Version 23 June 2008 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• EoL

Vernacular names

日本語: ヒラタムシ上科
한국어: 머리대장상과
русский: Кукуйоидные
中文: 扁蟲總科

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