ELATEROIDEA Leach, 1815
(a superfamily of beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
CANTHARIDAE
soldier beetles
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 		Family 12 subtaxa 60 images 14 ident. refs
DRILIDAE
a family of beetles
Family 2 ident. refs
ELATERIDAE
click beetles
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 		Family 21 subtaxa 229 images 7 ident. refs
EUCNEMIDAE
false click beetles
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 15 images 2 ident. refs
LAMPYRIDAE
glowworms
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 		Family 2 subtaxa 36 images 5 ident. refs
LYCIDAE
net-winged beetles
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 26 images 2 ident. refs
THROSCIDAE
small false click beetles
Family 1 subtaxa 9 images 1 ident. refs
Trixagus
a genus of small false click beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 9 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
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)

ELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
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