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 Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938
               Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802
                 01 Family Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815
                 02 Family Archeocrypticidae Kaszab, 1964
                 03 Family Pterogeniidae Crowson, 1953
                 04 Family Ciidae Leach, 1819
                 05 Family Tetratomidae Billberg, 1820
                 06 Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815
                 07 Family Mordellidae Latreille, 1802
                 08 Family Ripiphoridae Gemminger, 1870 (1853)
                 09 Family Zopheridae Solier, 1834
                 10 Family Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869
                 11 Family Promecheilidae Lacordaire, 1859
                 12 Family Chalcodryidae Watt, 1974
                 13 Family Trachelostenidae Lacordaire, 1859
                 14 Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 - darkling beetles
                 15 Family Prostomidae Thomson, 1859
                 16 Family Synchroidae Lacordaire, 1859
                 17 Family Stenotrachelidae Thomson, 1859
                 18 Family Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810
                 19 Family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 - blister beetles
                 20 Family Mycteridae Oken, 1843
                 21 Family Boridae Thomson, 1859
                 22 Family Trictenotomidae Blanchard, 1845
                 23 Family Pythidae Solier, 1834
                 24 Family Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1807
                 25 Family Salpingidae Leach, 1815
                 26 Family Anthicidae Latreille, 1819
                 27 Family Aderidae Winkler, 1927
                 28 Family Scraptiidae Gistel, 1848