Cucujiformia
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Cucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles, representing most plant-eating beetles.[1]. Genetic studies have shown that the traditional superfamily "Cucujoidea" is not a single natural group, helping scientists better understand how "Cucujiformia" evolved. Rather transcriptomic evidence shows that Cucujiformia likely originated in the Permian, with major superfamily diversification during the Cretaceous time period, in connection with the rise of flowering plants.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Clade".
The infraorder contains the seven superfamilies:
- Chrysomeloidea (~7 families including longhorn beetles and leaf beetles)
- Cleroidea (checkered beetles, bark-gnawing beetles and soft-winged flower beetles)
- Coccinelloidea (15 families, includes ladybirds and fungus beetles)
- Cucujoidea (~27 families)
- Curculionoidea (~8 families primarily consisting of weevils and also including snout beetles and bark beetles)
- Lymexyloidea (ship-timber beetles)
- Tenebrionoidea (formerly "Heteromera") (30 families including blister beetles and ant-like beetles)
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