Cucujiformia

Cucujiformia
Gonipterus gibberus on Casuarina sp
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938
Superfamilies
Chrysomeloidea Cleroidea Coccinelloidea Cucujoidea Curculionoidea Lymexyloidea Tenebrionoidea

The Cucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles. It includes most plant-eating beetles.

It has six superfamilies:

• Chrysomeloidea ~7 families including longhorn beetles & leaf beetles
• Cleroidea checkered beetles, bark-gnawing beetles and Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles
• Cucujoidea 32 families including ladybirds and fungus beetles
• Curculionoidea ~8 families mostly weevils; also snout beetles and bark beetles
• Lymexylidae (ship-timber beetles)
• Tenebrionoidea (formerly "Heteromera") 30 families including blister beetles and ant-like beetles