POLYPHAGA Emery, 1886
(mainly terrestrial beetles)

POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Bostrichiformia
wood boring, powder post and hide beetles
Series (Zoo.) 22 subtaxa 32 trophisms 11 references
Cucujiformia
a group of beetles
Series (Zoo.) 1,090 subtaxa 4,055 trophisms 477 references
Derodontiformia
a series (zoo.) of beetles
Series (Zoo.) 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 2 references
DERODONTOIDEA
tooth-necked fungus beetles
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 2 references
Elateriformia
click beetles and relatives
Series (Zoo.) 70 subtaxa 93 trophisms 88 references
Scarabaeiformia
scarabs, dung and stag beetles
Series (Zoo.) 78 subtaxa 311 trophisms 51 references
Staphyliniformia
burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.
Series (Zoo.) 146 subtaxa 156 trophisms 90 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)

POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles):

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