Byrrhoidea

Pill beetles and allies
	Byrrhus pilula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Superfamily:	Byrrhoidea
Families
	Byrrhidae - pill beetles; Callirhipidae - cedar beetles; Chelonariidae - turtle beetles; Cneoglossidae; Dryopidae - long-toed water beetles; Elmidae - riffle beetles; Eulichadidae - forest stream beetles; Heteroceridae - variegated mud loving beetles; Limnichidae - minute mud beetles; Lutrochidae - travertine beetles; Psephenidae - water pennies; Ptilodactylidae

Byrrhoidea is a superfamily of beetles belonging to Elateriformia that includes several families which are either aquatic or associated with a semi-aquatic habitat. Other than the superfamily Hydrophiloidea, most of the remaining Polyphagan beetles which are aquatic are in this superfamily.

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