Scirtoidea
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Scirtoidea is a superfamily of beetles.[1] It is traditionally considered to consist of four families: Clambidae, Decliniidae, Eucinetidae and Scirtidae.[2] However, genetic studies have suggested that Clambidae and Eucinetidae belong to a separate superfamily Clamboidea, which also includes Derodontidae. Scirtoidea and Clamboidea are the two earliest diverging lineages of living polyphagans.[1]
Two extinct families have also been assigned to this group:
- † Mesocinetidae Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 2010 Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Asia)
- † Elodophthalmidae Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008 monotypic, Lebanese amber, Barremian
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