Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
(click beetles and relatives)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
BUPRESTOIDEA
jewel beetles
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 		Superfamily 2 subtaxa 5 images 11 ident. refs
BYRRHOIDEA
a superfamily of beetles
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 		Superfamily 6 subtaxa 27 images 11 ident. refs
DASCILLOIDEA
orchid beetles
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 		Superfamily 1 subtaxa 37 images 2 ident. refs
ELATEROIDEA
a superfamily of beetles
Male (Click to open)
 		Superfamily 39 subtaxa 375 images 33 ident. refs
SCIRTOIDEA
a superfamily of beetles
Male (Click to open)
 		Superfamily 4 subtaxa 6 images 6 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 93 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
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