• 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)

• Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

• Bark-gnawing, Checkered, and Soft-winged Flower (Superfamily Cleroidea)

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​Superfamily Cleroidea is a diverse group of beetles within the order Coleoptera, comprising several families including the checkered beetles (Cleridae), soft-winged flower beetles (Melyridae), and their relatives. Members of this superfamily are generally small to medium-sized beetles that exhibit a wide range of body forms, colours, and ecological adaptations. Many species are predators of other insects, particularly wood-boring beetles and bark beetles, making them important natural regulators of forest pest populations. Others feed on pollen, nectar, fungi, or decaying organic matter.