Cantharoid beetles
| Cantharoid beetles | |
|---|---|
| Photuris lucicrescens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Elateroidea Leach, 1815 |
| Families | |
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The Cantharoid beetles are a group of beetles formerly placed in the now deprecated superfamily Cantharoidea. The family was found to be non-monophyletic taxonomic and most former members are now placed within the accepted superfamily Elateroidea. Some former families, Drilidae and Omalisidae, are now placed within Elateridae. One former family, Cneoglossidae, is now in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.