Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Main Groups of Insects   Elateroidea

After Parker, 1982 and "The Tree of Life"

<==o ELATEROIDEA [incl. Cantharoidea] (seppämäiset)
   |-- Rhinorhipidae
   `--+-- Brachypsectridae
      |-- Artematopidae
      |--+-- Elateridae (sepät)
      |  `--+-- Eucnemidae
      |     |-- Throscidae
      |     `-- Cerophytidae
      `--+-- Plastoceridae
         `--o CANTHAROIDEA (sylkikuoriaismaiset)
            |-- Cantharidae (sylkikuoriaiset)
            |-- Lycidae
            |-- Homalisidae
            |-- Drilidae
            |-- Telegeusidae
            |-- Phengodidae
            |-- Lampyridae (kiiltomadot)
            `-- Omethidae 

Reference(s):

Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 6: Selkärangattomat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work [in French]: Beaut‚ Du Monde Animal XI & XII Invertébrés.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968.

–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/

Parker, S. P. (ed.), 1982: Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vols. 1 & 2
–McGrew-Hill Book Company

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