Cleroidea

Cleroidea Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trogodendron fasciculatum (Cleridae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Cleroidea Latreille, 1802
Families
See text.

Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species.^[1] Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly.^{[citation needed]}