SynonymsBot
Synonyms for chrysomeloidea or Related words with chrysomeloidea
tenebrionoidea
scarabaeoidea
cantharoidea
cleroidea
cucujoidea
cerambycoidea
elateroidea
meloidea
bostrichoidea
staphylinoidea
curculionoidea
mordelloidea
hydrophiloidea
byrrhoidea
hydrophilidae
cleridae
dascilloidea
staphylimidae
dryopoidea
cantharidae
silphidae
cicindelidae
gyrinidae
meloidae
oestridae
aphididae
caraboidea
coccinellidae
tachimidae
drosophilidae
cixiidae
dytiscidae
aphidiidae
filarioidea
trichogrammatidae
apoidea
issidae
passalidae
lssidae
staphylenidae
mydidae
megaspilidae
stratiomyidae
asterolecamidae
barathra
trichostrongylidae
cecidomyiidae
aphelinidae
phylloxeridae
tipulidae
Examples of "chrysomeloidea"
The
Chrysomeloidea
are an enormous superfamily of beetles, with tens of thousands of species, mostly in the families Cerambycidae (the long-horned beetles) and Chrysomelidae, the leaf beetles.
The Disteniidae are a small family of beetles in the superfamily
Chrysomeloidea
, traditionally treated as a group within the Cerambycidae (most resembling certain Lepturinae such as the genus "Stenocorus", but having long fine antennae and sometimes metallic colours).
The Oxypeltidae are a small family belonging to the superfamily
Chrysomeloidea
, widespread in the Andean region of Chile and Argentina. They have traditionally been considered a group within the Cerambycidae.
Some authorities have suggested removing the Cerambycidae and related families (Disteniidae, Oxypeltidae, and Vesperidae) from
Chrysomeloidea
to create a separate superfamily "Cerambycoidea" (e.g., ), but in the absence of evidence to support the monophyly of the resulting groups, this proposal has not yet been accepted by the scientific community.
The infraorder Cucujiformia includes the vast majority of phytophagous (plant-eating) beetles, united by cryptonephric Malpighian tubules of the normal type, a cone ommatidium with open rhabdom, and lack of functional spiracles on the eighth abdominal segment. Constituent superfamilies of Cucujiformia are Cleroidea, Cucujoidea, Tenebrionoidea,
Chrysomeloidea
, and Curculionoidea. Evidently adoption of a phytophagous lifestyle correlates with taxon diversity in beetles, with Cucujiformia, especially weevils (Curculionoidea), forming a major radiation.
During the Jurassic there was a dramatic increase in the known diversity of family-level Coleoptera. This includes the development and growth of carnivorous and herbivorous species. Species of the superfamily
Chrysomeloidea
are believed to have developed around the same time, which include a wide array of plant host ranging from cycads and conifers, to angiosperms. Close to the Upper Jurassic, the portion of the Cupedidae decreased, however at the same time the diversity of the early plant eating, or phytophagous species increased. Most of the recent phytophagous species of Coleoptera feed on flowering plants or angiosperms.
During the Jurassic (), there was a dramatic increase in the diversity of beetle families, including the development and growth of carnivorous and herbivorous species. The
Chrysomeloidea
diversified around the same time, feeding on a wide array of plant hosts from cycads and conifers to angiosperms. Close to the Upper Jurassic, the Cupedidae decreased, but the diversity of the early plant-eating species increased. Most recent plant-eating beetles feed on flowering plants or angiosperms, whose success contributed to a doubling of plant-eating species during the Middle Jurassic. However, the increase of the number of beetle families during the Cretaceous does not correlate with the increase of the number of angiosperm species. Around the same time, numerous primitive weevils (e.g. Curculionoidea) and click beetles (e.g. Elateroidea) appeared. The first jewel beetles (e.g. Buprestidae) are present, but they remained rare until the Cretaceous. The first scarab beetles were not coprophagous but presumably fed on rotting wood with the help of fungus; they are an early example of a mutualistic relationship.