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Cucujiformia
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<p>Cucujiformia is an <a href="/facts/Infraorder/GKLJvIpt">infraorder</a> of <a href="/facts/Polyphaga/UpMdWScM">polyphagan</a> <a href="/facts/Beetle/hv33fxsL">beetles</a>, representing most plant-eating beetles. </p> <table><tbody><tr><td>Cucujiformia</td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><a href="/facts/Lymexyloidea/oQVLcqIx">Lymexyloidea</a> </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><a href="/facts/Tenebrionoidea/Nvr71V7J">Tenebrionoidea</a> </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><a href="/facts/Cleroidea/b1dpfQgC">Cleroidea</a> </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><a href="/facts/Chrysomeloidea/N2dIYJ4N">Chrysomeloidea</a> </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><a href="/facts/Curculionoidea/GysFUkFv">Curculionoidea</a> </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><a href="/facts/Cucujoidea/00uQMfKp">Cucujoidea</a> </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><a href="/facts/Coccinelloidea/oEYbWdrR">Coccinelloidea</a> </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The infraorder contains the seven superfamilies: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Chrysomeloidea/N2dIYJ4N">Chrysomeloidea</a> (~7 families including <a href="/facts/Longhorn_beetle/vg2oUuah">longhorn beetles</a> and <a href="/facts/Leaf_beetle/scFF0IQQ">leaf beetles</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cleroidea/b1dpfQgC">Cleroidea</a> (<a href="/facts/Checkered_beetle/8ucvtGqr">checkered beetles</a>, bark-gnawing beetles and <a href="/facts/Melyridae/3IXKPRGN">soft-winged flower beetles</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Coccinelloidea/oEYbWdrR">Coccinelloidea</a> (15 families, includes <a href="/facts/Ladybirds/G178JasK">ladybirds</a> and fungus beetles)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cucujoidea/00uQMfKp">Cucujoidea</a> (~27 families)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Curculionoidea/GysFUkFv">Curculionoidea</a> (~8 families primarily consisting of <a href="/facts/Weevils/GysFUkFv">weevils</a> and also including snout beetles and <a href="/facts/Bark_beetle/WVvXjNwz">bark beetles</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lymexyloidea/oQVLcqIx">Lymexyloidea</a> (ship-timber beetles)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tenebrionoidea/Nvr71V7J">Tenebrionoidea</a> (formerly "Heteromera") (30 families including <a href="/facts/Blister_beetle/wGz63nd0">blister beetles</a> and <a href="/facts/Ant-like_beetle_(disambiguation)/IDrVPnNR">ant-like beetles</a>)</li></ul>