Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
     Subphylum Hexapoda Latreille, 1825 see Epiclass Hexapoda Latreille, 1825
       Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
         Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - beetles
           Suborder Polyphaga Emery, 1886
             Series Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
               Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815
                 01 Family Rhinorhipidae Lawrence, 1988
                 02 Family Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857
                 03 Family Brachypsectridae LeConte & Horn, 1883
                 04 Family Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834
                 05 Family Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829
                 06 Family Throscidae Laporte, 1840
                 07 Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 - click beetles
                 08 Family Plastoceridae Crowson, 1972
                 09 Family Drilidae Blanchard, 1845
                 10 Family Omalisidae Lacordaire, 1857
                 11 Family Lycidae Laporte, 1836
                 12 Family Telegeusidae Leng, 1920
                 13 Family Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 - glowworms
                 14 Family Rhagophthalmidae Olivier, 1907
                 15 Family Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 - fireflies and lightning bugs
                 16 Family Omethidae LeConte, 1861
                 17 Family Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 (1815) - soldier beetles
                 18 Family Podabrocephalidae Pic, 1930
                 19 Family †Berendtimiridae Winkler, 1987
                 20 Family †Lasiosynidae Kirejtshuk, Chang, Ren & Kun, 2010