Dascilloidea is a
superfamily of
polyphagan
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s, comprising two
families
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:
Dascillidae (soft bodied plant beetles) and
Rhipiceridae (cicada beetle and cicada parasite beetles).
bugguide.net-Dascilloidea
(Accessed 18 August 2007)
References
Elateriformia
Beetle superfamilies
Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
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