Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cucujoidea (Bark Beetles) for Southern Africa (Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cucujoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bark Beetles)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	754 15371 60267	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	750 15333 60124	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	715 15096 59373	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	442 12146 51799	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	116 4223 17152	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	99 3729 14706	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938	53 2068 6056	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cucujoidea Latreille, 1802 Bark Beetles, Flower Beetles, Fungus Beetles, Lady Beetles	12 72 286	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Southern Africa
12 Families width 286 Species

Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861	Biphyllid beetles	4	Species	Taxom
Boganiidae Sen Gupta an..., 1966		8	Species	Taxom
Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845	Cocoon-forming beetles	7	Species	Taxom
Brachypteridae (Erichson, 1845)	Short-winged Flower Beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1937	Mould beetles	9	Species	Taxom
Cucujidae Latreille, 1802	Flat bark beetles	30	Species	Taxom
Discolomatidae Horn, 1878		177	Species	Taxom
Latridiidae Erichson, 1842	Minute brown scavenger beetle	17	Species	Taxom
Monotomidae Laporte, 1840	Minute Clubbed Beetles	7	Species	Taxom
Passandridae (Erichson, 1845)	Parasitic flat bark beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Phalacridae Leach, 1815	Shining flower beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Silvanidae Kirby, 1837	Flat bark beetles	23	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Cucujoidea with occurrences in Southern Africa

Family	Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861 Biphyllid beetles, False hide beetles, false skin beetle, False skin beetles	1 4	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Boganiidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966	2 8	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845 Cocoon-forming beetles, Dry bark beetles	6 7	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Brachypteridae Erichson, 1845 Short-winged Flower Beetles	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1937 Mould beetles, silken fungus beetle, Silken fungus beetles	5 9	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Cucujidae Latreille, 1802 Flat bark beetles	17 30	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Discolomatidae Horn, 1878	3 177	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Latridiidae Erichson, 1842 minute brown scavenger beetle, Minute brown scavenger beetles, Mould beetles, Plaster beetles	11 17	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Monotomidae ♰ Laporte, 1840 Minute Clubbed Beetles, root eating beetle, Root-eating beetles, Small flattened bark beetles	6 7	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Passandridae Erichson, 1845 parasitic flat bark beetle, Parasitic flat bark beetles	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Phalacridae Leach, 1815 Shining flower beetles, Shining mold beetles	5 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Silvanidae ♰ Kirby, 1837 Flat bark beetles, Flat grain beetles, Grain beetles, Silvan flat bark beetles, Silvanid flat bark beetles	14 23	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Cucujoidea at artfakta.se
Cucujoidea at dyntaxa.se
Cucujoidea at itis.gov