• Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

• Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

• Elateriform Beetles (Infraorder Elateriformia)

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Infraorder Elateriformia is a major lineage of beetles within the order Coleoptera, encompassing a diverse array of families including click beetles (Elateridae), fireflies (Lampyridae), jewel beetles (Buprestidae), net-winged beetles (Lycidae), and soldier beetles (Cantharidae). Members of this infraorder are found worldwide in a wide variety of terrestrial habitats, including forests, grasslands, wetlands, deserts, and agricultural landscapes. They display considerable diversity in size, coloration, and lifestyle, ranging from wood-boring larvae and predatory adults to species that feed on pollen, nectar, fungi, or decaying organic matter.