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Dascilloidea

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Dascilloidea was named by Gue'rin-Me'neville (1843). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scarabaeiformia by Crowson (1981); and to Elateriformia by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Dascilloidea Gue'rin-Me'neville
1981Dascilloidea Crowson p. 695
1995Dascilloidea Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Dascilloidea Bouchard et al.
2022Dascilloidea Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyDascilloideaGue'rin-Me'neville 1843
superfamilyDascilloideaGue'rin-Me'neville 1843

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Dascilloidea Gue'rin-Me'neville 1843
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Fm. Dascillidae Guerin-Meneville 1843 [soft bodied plant beetle]
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Subfm. Dascillinae Guerin-Meneville 1843
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G. †Cretodascillus Jin et al. 2013
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Cretodascillus sinensis Jin et al. 2013
G. Dascillus Latreille 1796
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Dascillus cervinus Linnaeus 1758
Dascillus elongatus Zhang 1989
Dascillus flatus Zhang 1989
Dascillus latahensis Lewis 1973
Dascillus musculus Zhang et al. 1994
Dascillus relictus Zhang 1989
Dascyllus lithographicus Wickham 1911
G. †Parelateriformius Yan and Wang 2010
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Parelateriformius capitifossus Yan and Wang 2010
Parelateriformius communis Yan and Wang 2010
Parelateriformius grimaldii Li and Cai 2022
Parelateriformius mirabdominis Yan and Wang 2010
Parelateriformius villosus Yan and Wang 2010
Subfm. Karumiinae Escalera 1913
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G. †Baltodascillus Kundrata et al. 2021
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Baltodascillus serraticornis Kundrata et al. 2021
G. †Lyprodascillus Zhang 1989
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Lyprodascillus peritelus Zhang et al. 1994
Fm. Rhipiceridae Latreille 1834 [cicada parasite beetle]
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Invalid names: Sandalinae [empty]
Invalid names: Karumiidae Escalera 1913 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available