Elateriformia

Taxobox
name = Elateriformia

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Adelocera murina", a click beetle
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
subordo = Polyphaga
infraordo = Elateriformia
infraordo_authority = Crowson, 1960
subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies
subdivision = See text.

Elateriformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles. The two largest families in this group are buprestids, of which there are around 15,000 described species, and click beetles, of which there are around 10,000 described species.

The infraorder consists of five superfamilies :

*Buprestoidea — the metallic wood-boring beetles
*Byrrhoidea — families including long-toed water beetles, moss beetles and mud-loving beetles
*Dascilloidea
*Elateroidea — including the click beetles and soldier beetles
*Scirtoidea