Cucujiformia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamiliae (7): Chrysomeloidea – Cleroidea – Coccinelloidea – Cucujoidea – Curculionoidea – Lymexyloidea – Tenebrionoidea

References

Farrell, B.D. 1998: "Inordinate fondness" explained: why are there so many beetles? Science, 281: 555–559. [1]
Ge, S.-Q., Hörnschemeyer, T., Friedrich, F. & Beutel, R.G. 2011. Is Crowsoniella relicta really a cucujiform beetle? Systematic Entomology 36(1): 175–179. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00552.x Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Gerlach, J. 2009: Other Cucujiformia. Pp. 157-209 in: Gerlach, J. (ed.) The Coleoptera of the Seychelles Islands. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. ISBN 9789546424983
Hunt, T.; Bergsten, J.; Levkanicova, Z.; Papadopoulou, A.; St. John, O.; Wild, R.; Hammond, P.M.; Ahrens, D.; Balke, M.; Caterino, M.S.; Gomez-Zurita, J.; Ribera, I.; Barraclough, T.G.; Bocakova, M.; Bocak, L.; Vogler, A.P. 2007: A comprehensive phylogeny of beetles reveals the evolutionary origins of a superradiation. Science, 318: 1913–1916.
Lawrence, J.F. & Newton, A.F. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Pp. 779–1006. In: Pakaluk, J. & Ślipiński, S.A. (eds.) Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Volume 2. Museum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa. x + 1092 pp. in 2 vols. ISBN 83-85192-34-4. ResearchGate Open access green. Reference page.
Leschen, R.A.B.; Ślipiński, A. 2010: 7. Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938. Introduction, phylogeny. Pp. 227-228 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
Marvaldi, A.E., Duckett, C.N., Kjer, K.M. & Gillespie, J.J. 2008. Structural alignment of 18S and 28S rDNA sequences provides insights into phylogeny of Phytophaga (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea and Chrysomeloidea). Zoologica Scripta 38(1): 63–77. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00360.x Paywall. PDF. Reference page.
Robertson, J.A., Ślipiński, A., Moulton, M., Shockley, F.W., Giorgi, J.A., Lord, N.P., McKenna, D.D., Tomaszewska, W., Forrester, J., Miller, K.B., Whiting, M.F. & McHugh, J.V. 2015. Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology 40(4): 745–778. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12138 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.

Links

Tree of Life Web Project. 1995. Cucujiformia. Version 01 January 1995 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project

Vernacular names
한국어: 머리대장하목
русский: Кукуйиформные
中文: 扁蟲下目

Cucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles, representing most plant-eating beetles.[1] It includes species from the major superfamilies of Chrysomeloidea, Curculionoidea, Cucujoidea, and Tenebrionoidea.

Curculionoidea, Cucujoidea, and Tenebrionoidea.

Cucujiformia         Tenebrionoidea     Lymexyloidea       Sphindidae         Coccinelloidea     Cleroidea           Cucujoidea     Erotylidae     Nitidulidae       Cucujidae       Chrysomeloidea         Curculionoidea     Silvanidae

 
 
 
An overview of the relations between the groups[1][2]

The infraorder contains the seven superfamilies:

Chrysomeloidea (~7 families including longhorn beetles and leaf beetles)
Cleroidea (checkered beetles, bark-gnawing beetles and soft-winged flower beetles)
Coccinelloidea (15 families, includes ladybirds, and fungus beetles)
Cucujoidea (~27 families)
Curculionoidea (~8 families primarily consisting of weevils and also including snout beetles and bark beetles)
Lymexyloidea (ship-timber beetles)
Tenebrionoidea (formerly "Heteromera") (30 families including blister beetles and ant-like beetles)

References

Hunt, T.; Bergsten, J.; Levkanicova, Z.; Papadopoulou, A.; John, O. St.; Wild, R.; Hammond, P. M.; Ahrens, D.; Balke, M.; Caterino, M. S.; Gomez-Zurita, J.; Ribera, I.; Barraclough, T. G.; Bocakova, M.; Bocak, L.; Vogler, A. P. (2007). "A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Beetles Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of a Superradiation". Science. 318 (5858): 1913–1916. Bibcode:2007Sci...318.1913H. doi:10.1126/science.1146954. PMID 18096805. S2CID 19392955.

Robertson, James A.; Ślipiński, Adam; Moulton, Matthew; Shockley, Floyd W.; Giorgi, Adriano; Lord, Nathan P.; McKenna, Duane D.; Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Forrester, Juanita; Miller, Kelly B.; Whiting, Michael F.; McHugh, Joseph V. (2015). "Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)". Systematic Entomology. 40 (4): 745–778. doi:10.1111/syen.12138.

3. Gäde, G., Šimek, P., & Marco, H. G. (2019). Structural diversity of adipokinetic hormones in the hyper diverse coleopteran Cucujiformia. Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology, 102(4), e21611.