The superfamily contained ten families. These are now families in Elateroidea, except where indicated. •
Brachypsectridae Leconte & Horn, 1883 (Texas beetles). •
Cneoglossidae Champion, 1897. Now treated as a family in the superfamily
Byrrhoidea. • Homalisidae . This monotypic family contained the genus
Homalisus, which is now treated as genus
Omalisus in subfamily
Omalisinae of
Elateridae. •
Lycidae Laporte, 1836 (net-winged beetles) • Drilidae Blanchard, 1845 (false firefly beetles). Now treated as tribe
Drilini in subfamily Agryoninae of
Elateridae. •
Phengodidae LeConte 1861 (glowworm beetles) •
Telegeusidae Leng, 1920 (long-lipped beetles). Sometimes treated as subfamily of Omethidae. •
Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 (firefly beetles) •
Omethidae LeConte, 1861 – (false soldier beetles) •
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 (1815) (soldier beetles) == References ==