Cantharoid beetles
Group of beetles
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The Cantharoid beetles are a group of beetles formerly placed in the now deprecated superfamily Cantharoidea.[2][3] The family was found to be non-monophyletic taxonomic and most former members are now placed within the accepted superfamily Elateroidea.[4] Some former families, Drilidae and Omalisidae, are now placed within Elateridae.[5] One former family, Cneoglossidae, is now in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.[4]
| Cantharoid beetles | |
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| Photuris lucicrescens[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Elateroidea Leach, 1815 |
| Families | |
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10, see text | |
Families
The superfamily contained ten families.[2][3] These are now families in Elateroidea,[4] except where indicated.
- Brachypsectridae Leconte & Horn, 1883 (Texas beetles).
- Cneoglossidae Champion, 1897. Now treated as a family in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.[4]
- Homalisidae . This monotypic family contained the genus Homalisus, which is now treated as genus Omalisus in subfamily Omalisinae of Elateridae.
- Lycidae Laporte, 1836 (net-winged beetles)
- Drilidae Blanchard, 1845 (false firefly beetles). Now treated as tribe Drilini in subfamily Agryoninae of Elateridae.
- Phengodidae LeConte 1861 (glowworm beetles)
- Telegeusidae Leng, 1920 (long-lipped beetles). Sometimes treated as subfamily of Omethidae.
- Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 (firefly beetles)
- Omethidae LeConte, 1861 – (false soldier beetles)
- Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 (1815) (soldier beetles)