Tenebrionoidea

Translingual

Tenebrio molitor (mealworm beetle)

Etymology

Tenebrio +‎ -oidea.

Proper noun

Tenebrionoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Coleoptera – very many beetles.

Hypernyms

(superfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Cucujiformia - infraorder

Hyponyms

(superfamily): Aderidae, Anthicidae, Archeocrypticidae, Boridae, Chalcodryidae, Ciidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Oedemeridae, Promecheilidae (syn. Perimylopidae), Prostomidae, Pterogeniidae, Pyrochroidae, Pythidae, Rhipiphoridae, Salpingidae, Scraptiidae, Stenotrachelidae, Synchroidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Trachelostenidae, Trictenotomidae, Ulodidae, Zopheridae (families)
- Inopeplidae - families formerly included

References

Tenebrionoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tenebrionoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tenebrionoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Tenebrionoidea at BugGuide

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