Cleroidea

Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles containing about 10,000 species. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly.

Families^[1]

• Acanthocnemidae Crowson, 1964
• Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861
• †Boleopsidae Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2013
• Byturidae Gistel, 1848
• Chaetosomatidae Crowson, 1952 (incl. Metaxinidae)
• Cleridae Latreille, 1802 (checkered beetles)
• Lophocateridae Crowson, 1964
• Mauroniscidae Majer, 1995
• Melyridae Leach, 1815 (soft-winged flower beetles) (incl. Attalomimidae, Malachiidae and Dasytidae)
• Peltidae Latreille, 1806
• Phloiophilidae Kiesenwetter, 1863
• Phycosecidae Crowson, 1952
• Prionoceridae Lacordaire, 1857
• Protopeltidae Crowson, 1966
• Rentoniidae Crowson, 1966
• Rhadalidae LeConte, 1861 (incl. Gietellidae)
• Thanerocleridae Chapin, 1924
• Thymalidae Léveillé, 1888
• Trogossitidae Latreille, 1802 (bark-gnawing beetles)

Most species belong to the families Cleridae and Melyridae, followed by Trogossitidae.

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