Editing Cucujoidea (section)

== Morphology ==
The morphology of Cucujoidea is varied and there are no features uniting all members of the superfamily. In terms of general appearance, they tend to be small, drab in colour and with clubbed antennae.<ref name=":0" /> Even this is not universal; for example, ''[[Glischrochilus]]'' ([[Nitidulidae]]) have [[Aposematism|aposematic]] orange spots on their elytra.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clayhills |first=Tom |last2=Audisio |first2=Paolo |last3=Cline |first3=Andrew R. |last4=Mancini |first4=Emiliano |last5=Trizzino |first5=Marco |last6=Sabatelli |first6=Simone |date=2016-05-11 |title=Unraveling cryptic species diversity in an aposematic sap beetle genus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Cryptarchinae) from northern Europe |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292592741_Unraveling_cryptic_species_diversity_in_an_aposematic_sap_beetle_genus_Coleoptera_Nitidulidae_Cryptarchinae_from_northern_Europe |journal=Insect Systematics & Evolution |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=131–148 |doi=10.1163/1876312X-47022137 |issn=1399-560X}}</ref>

Adults can be recognised by the procoxal cavities being internally open in most taxa, females having tarsal formula 5-5-5 and males 5-5-5 or 5-5-4 (rarely 4-4-4), females with tergite VIII concealed dorsally by tergite VII, and males with tergite X completely membraneous.<ref name=":0" />

Larvae have frontal arms usually lyriform, the mandible mesal surface usually with well-developed mola, a maxillary articulating area usually present, a hypopharyngeal sclerome usually present, and two pretarsal setae.<ref name=":0" />