Coccinelloidea
Sign in to saveCoccinelloidea is a superfamily of beetles in the order Coleoptera, formerly included in the superfamily Cucujoidea. There are more than 10,000 species in Coccinelloidea, including more than 6000 in the lady beetle family Coccinellidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomChromista
- PhylumOchrophyta
- ClassBacillariophyceae
- OrderTriceratiales
- FamilyPlagiogrammaceae
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cucujiformia
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- Coccinellidae
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- Coccinelloidea
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- superfamily
- topic's main category
- Category:Coccinelloidea
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Coccinelloidea is a superfamily of beetles in the order Coleoptera, formerly included in the superfamily Cucujoidea. There are more than 10,000 species in Coccinelloidea, including more than 6000 in the lady beetle family Coccinellidae.
== Morphology == Adult Coccinelloidea have a reduced tarsal formula (each tarsus with 4 or 3 segments), hind coxae separated by more than 1/3 their width, the intercoxal process of abdominal ventrite 1 usually broadly rounded or truncate, hindwings with reduced anal veins and lacking a closed radial cell, the adeagus resting on its side when retracted and the phallobase usually reduced.
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