List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera
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This article classifies the subgroups of the order Coleoptera (beetle
s) down to the level of families
, following the system in Volume 2 of American Beetles
(2002) for all North American families (there were changes in the system between Vols. 1 & 2), and following Lawrence & Newton (1995) for extralimital taxa. A few subfamilies, tribes and synonyms are shown here where a family has been reclassified.
Order Coleoptera (beetle
s)
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
, following the system in Volume 2 of American Beetles
American Beetles
American Beetles is the single most comprehensive description of the beetles of North America north of the tropical area of Mexico. It was started by Ross H. Arnett, Jr. as an update of his classic The Beetles of the United States; along with Michael C. Thomas, he enlisted more than 60 specialists...
(2002) for all North American families (there were changes in the system between Vols. 1 & 2), and following Lawrence & Newton (1995) for extralimital taxa. A few subfamilies, tribes and synonyms are shown here where a family has been reclassified.
Order Coleoptera (beetle
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
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- Suborder AdephagaAdephagaAdephaga , with more than 40,000 recorded species in 10 families, is a suborder of highly specialized beetles and the second largest suborder of the order Coleoptera. Members of this suborder are adephagans, a term which notably include ground beetles, tiger beetles, predacious diving beetles, and...
Schellenberg, 1806- Amphizoidae LeConteJohn Lawrence LeConteJohn Lawrence LeConte was the most important American entomologist of the 19th century, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime, including some 5,000 species of beetles...
, 1853 - CarabidaeGround beetleGround beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.-Description and ecology:...
LatreillePierre André LatreillePierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...
, 1802 (ground beetles)- CicindelinaeTiger beetleThe tiger beetles are a large group of beetles known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest species of tiger beetle can run at a speed of 9 km/h , which, relative to its body length, is about 22 times the speed of former Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson, the...
, formerly Cicindelidae Latreille, 1802 (tiger beetles) - Paussinae, formerly Paussidae Latreille, 1807
- Cicindelinae
- DytiscidaeDytiscidaeDytiscidae – based on the Greek dytikos , "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They are about 25 mm long on average, though there is much variation between species. Dytiscus latissimus, the largest, can grow up to 45 mm long...
LeachWilliam Elford LeachWilliam Elford Leach FRS was an English zoologist and marine biologist.Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of a solicitor. At the age of twelve he went to school in Exeter, studying anatomy and chemistry. By this time he was already collecting marine samples from Plymouth Sound and along...
, 1815
- GyrinidaeWhirligig beetleThe whirligig beetles are a family of water beetles that normally live on the surface of the water. They get their common name from their habit of swimming rapidly in circles when alarmed, and are also notable for their which can see both above and below water.They are also known for their...
Latreille, 1802 (whirligig beetles) - Haliplidae Aube, 1836
- Hygrobiidae Régimbart, 1878
- Noteridae C.G. ThomsonCarl Gustaf ThomsonCarl Gustaf Thomson was a Swedish entomologist.Thomson became a student in the University of Lund in 1843 , graduated in 1850 and became associate professor of zoology there in 1857...
, 1860 - Rhysodidae Laporte, 1840
- Trachypachidae C.G. Thomson, 1857
- Amphizoidae LeConte
- Suborder ArchostemataArchostemataArchostemata is the smallest suborder of beetles, consisting of fewer than fifty known species organized into five families. Archostemata is an ancient lineage with a number of primitive characteristics. They are similar in morphology to the first beetles, which appear in the fossil record...
Kolbe, 1908- CrowsoniellidaeCrowsoniellidaeCrowsoniellidae is a small family of beetles, in the suborder Archostemata.It consists of a single species: Crowsoniella relicta Pace, 1975 ....
Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983 - Cupedidae Laporte, 1836
- JurodidaeJurodidaeThe beetle family Jurodidae was originally described from fossils, but in 1996 a single species from the Russian Far East, described as Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae, was found and later was recognized to be a living representative of this otherwise extinct family...
Ponomarenko, 1985 - MicromalthidaeTelephone-pole beetleThe telephone-pole beetle, Micromalthus debilis, is a beetle native to the eastern United States, and the only species in the family Micromalthidae....
Barber, 1983 (telephone-pole beetle) - OmmatidaeOmmatidaeOmmatidae is a small family of beetles, in the suborder Archostemata.-Links:* Wikispecies:Ommatidae* Tree of Life...
Sharp and Muir, 1912
- Crowsoniellidae
- Suborder MyxophagaMyxophagaMyxophaga is the second smallest suborder of Coleoptera after Archostemata, consisting of approximately 65 species of small to minute beetles in four families...
CrowsonRoy CrowsonRoy Albert Crowson was a British biologist who specialized in the taxonomy of beetles.He lectured at the Zoology Department of the University of Glasgow from 1949. He collected beetles and their larvae from around the world and studied the relationships between them...
, 1955- Hydroscaphidae LeConte, 1874
- LepiceridaeLepiceridaeLepiceridae is a small family of Myxophagan beetles, represented by a single genus Lepicerus containing three described species....
Hinton, 1936 - Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845 (=Microsporidae: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57(3):, 182-184.)
- TorridincolidaeTorridincolidaeTorridincolidae is a small family of beetles, in the suborder Myxophaga....
Steffan, 1964
- Suborder PolyphagaPolyphagaPolyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles; the name is derived from two two Greek words: poly-, meaning 'many', and phagein, meaning 'to eat', so the suborder is called the “eaters of many things”...
Emery, 1886- Infraorder BostrichiformiaBostrichiformiaBostrichiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles.It contains two superfamilies, Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea, which includes the Dermestidae, Anobiidae, Bostrichidae and others....
Forbes, 1926- Superfamily BostrichoideaBostrichoideaBostrichoidea is a superfamily of beetles.It includes the following subgroups:* Anobiidae Fleming 1821 ** Ptinidae or Ptininae Latreille 1802 * Bostrichidae Latreille 1802...
Latreille, 1802- AnobiidaeAnobiidaeAnobiidae is a family of beetles. The larvae of a number of species tend to bore into wood, earning them the name "woodworm" or "wood borer". A few species are pests, causing damage to wooden furniture and house structures, notably the death watch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, and the common...
Fleming, 1821- Ptininae, formerly Ptinidae Latreille, 1802
- BostrichidaeBostrichidaeThe Bostrichidae are a family of beetles with more than 700 described species. They are commonly called auger beetles, false powderpost beetles or horned powderpost beetles. The head of most auger beetles cannot be seen from above, as it is downwardly directed and hidden by the thorax...
Latreille, 1802- Lyctinae, formerly Lyctidae Billberg, 1820
- Endecatominae, formerly Endecatomidae LeConte, 1861
- Dermestidae Latreille, 1804
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- ThorictinaeThorictinaeThorictinae is a subfamily of beetles.-External links:*...
, formerly Thorictidae Agassiz, 1846
- Thorictinae
- JacobsoniidaeJacobsoniidaeJacobsoniidae is a family of beetles. The larvae and adults live under bark, in plant litter, fungi, bat guano and rotten wood.-External links:*...
HellerKarl Borromaeus Maria Josef HellerKarl Borromaeus Maria Josef Heller , was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera....
, 1926 - NosodendridaeNosodendridaeNosodendridae is a family of beetles.-External links:*...
Erichson, 1846
- Anobiidae
- Superfamily Derodontoidea LeConte, 1861
- Derodontidae LeConte, 1861
- Superfamily Bostrichoidea
- Infraorder CucujiformiaCucujiformiaCucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles, representing the vast majority of plant-eating beetles.The infraorder contains six superfamilies:* Chrysomeloidea...
Lameere, 1938- Superfamily ChrysomeloideaChrysomeloideaChrysomeloidea is an enormous superfamily of beetles. There are tens of thousands of species, mostly in the families Cerambycidae and Chrysomelidae, the leaf beetles.-Overview:...
Latreille, 1802- CerambycidaeLonghorn beetleThe longhorn beetles are a cosmopolitan family of beetles, typically characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body...
Latreille, 1802 (longhorn beetles) - ChrysomelidaeLeaf beetleBeetles in the family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles. This is a family of over 35,000 species in more than 2,500 genera, one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families....
Latreille, 1802 (leaf beetles) - includes Bruchidae and Cassidae
- MegalopodidaeMegalopodidaeThe Megalopodidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae. One of its constituent subfamilies, Zeugophorinae, which contains a single genus, has also frequently been treated as a subfamily within Chrysomelidae...
Latreille, 1802 - OrsodacnidaeOrsodacnidaeThe Orsodacnidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae.-North American Genera:* Aulacoscelis* Janbechynea* Orsodacne...
C. G. Thomson, 1869
- Cerambycidae
- Superfamily CleroideaCleroideaCleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly.It contains about 10,000 species in the families:* Acanthocnemidae Crowson 1964...
Latreille, 1802- AcanthocnemidaeAcanthocnemidaeAcanthocnemidae is a small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. The single species of Acanthocnemidae, Acanthocnemus nigricans, is native to Australia....
Crowson, 1964 - ChaetosomatidaeChaetosomatidaeChaetosomatidae is a small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.-Taxonomy:* Genus Chaetosoma Westwood, 1851** Chaetosoma scaritides Westwood, 1851* Genus Chaetosomodes Broun, 1921** Chaetosomodes halli Broun, 1921...
Crowson, 1952 - CleridaeCleridaeCleridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. They are commonly known as checkered beetles. The Cleridae family has a worldwide distribution, and a variety of habitats and feeding preferences....
Latreille, 1802 - MelyridaeMelyridaeMelyridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. The family Melyridae contains 520 species in 58 genera in North America. Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly colored with brown or red and black...
Leach, 1815 - PhloiophilidaePhloiophilidaePhloiophilidae is a very small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. It contains the single genus Phloiophilus with the single species Phloiophilus edwardsi....
Kiesenwetter, 1863 - PhycosecidaePhycosecidaePhycosecidae is a small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. The species are small, about 1.5–3.5 mm in length. It contains the single genus Phycosecis with the following species:* Phycosecis algarum Pascoe, 1875...
Crowson, 1952 - PrionoceridaePrionoceridaePrionoceridae is a small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Lacordaire, 1857 - TrogossitidaeTrogossitidaeTrogossitidae is a small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. Trogossitidae consists of about 600 species. 59 species are found in America about 36in Australia....
Latreille, 1802
- Acanthocnemidae
- Superfamily CucujoideaCucujoideaCucujoidea is a superfamily of beetles. They include many fungus beetles, as well as ladybugs. Also included are a diversity of lineages of "bark beetles" unrelated to the "true" bark beetles , which are weevils ....
Latreille, 1802- AlexiidaeAlexiidaeAlexiidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.. It contains the single genus Sphaerosoma with the following species:* Sphaerosoma algiricum * Sphaerosoma alutaceum...
Imhoff, 1856 - BiphyllidaeBiphyllidaeBiphyllidae or False Skin Beetles is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. Worldwide, about 195 species are known. They live under the bark of dead trees and feed on fungi....
LeConte, 1861 - BoganiidaeBoganiidaeBoganiidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966 - BothrideridaeBothrideridaeBothrideridae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. Larvae of some species are ectoparasites of the larvae and pupas of wood-boring beetles....
Erichson, 1845 - ByturidaeByturidaeByturidae, also known as Fruitworms is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. The larvae develop in fruits. Byturus unicolor affects species of Rubus and Geum, the larvae of Raspberry beetle raspberry plants....
Jacquelin du Val, 1858 - CavognathidaeCavognathidaeCavognathidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966 - CerylonidaeCerylonidaeCerylonidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Billberg, 1820 - CoccinellidaeCoccinellidaeCoccinellidae is a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds , or ladybugs . Scientists increasingly prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not true bugs...
Latreille, 1807 (ladybirds or lady beetles)
- Corylophidae LeConte, 1852
- CryptophagidaeCryptophagidaeCryptophagidae is a family of beetles with representatives found in all ecozones. Only around 800 species have been described but it seems certain that many others await discovery. Members of this family are commonly called silken fungus beetles and both adults and larvae appear to feed exclusively...
Kirby, 1937 - Cucujidae Latreille, 1802
- DiscolomatidaeDiscolomatidaeDiscolomatidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.-External links: Tree of Life...
HornGeorge Henry HornGeorge Henry Horn was a U.S. entomologist who specialized in the study of beetles.Born in Philadelphia, Horn attended the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with a degree in medicine in 1861...
, 1878 - EndomychidaeEndomychidaeEndomychidae, or handsome fungus beetles is a family of beetles with representatives found in all ecozones.There are around 120 genera and 1300 species. As the name suggests Endomychidae feed on fungi....
Leach, 1815- Merophysiinae, formerly Merophysiidae Seidlitz, 1872
- ErotylidaeErotylidaeErotylidae is the pleasing fungus beetles, is a family of beetles containing over 100 genera. In the present circumscription, it includes the subfamilies Dacninae, Encaustinae, Erotylinae, Megalodacninae, and Tritominae. In other words, the narrowly-circumscribed Erotylidae correspond to the...
Latreille, 1802 - HelotidaeHelotidaeHelotidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.-Additional sources:* Ritsema C. A systematic catalogue of the Coleopterous family Helotidae in the Leiden Museum Zoologische Mededelingen, Vol. 1 P. 125-139...
Reitter, 1876 - HobartiidaeHobartiidaeHobartiidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966 - KateretidaeKateretidaeKateretidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Erichson in Agassiz, 1846 (=Brachypteridae. ICZN Op., 1916, 1999). - LaemophloeidaeLaemophloeidaeLaemophloeidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Ganglbauer, 1899 - LamingtoniidaeLamingtoniidaeLamingtoniidae is a very small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. It contains the single genus Lamingtonium and the single species Lamingtonium binnaberrense....
Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966 - LanguriidaeErotylidaeErotylidae is the pleasing fungus beetles, is a family of beetles containing over 100 genera. In the present circumscription, it includes the subfamilies Dacninae, Encaustinae, Erotylinae, Megalodacninae, and Tritominae. In other words, the narrowly-circumscribed Erotylidae correspond to the...
CrotchGeorge Robert CrotchGeorge Robert Crotch was a British entomologist.Born in Cambridge, England 1842 Crotch became interested in insects, especially Coleoptera, while an undergraduate at Cambridge University. He worked at the University Library, Cambridge...
, 1873 - LatridiidaeLatridiidaeLatridiidae is a family of tiny, little-known beetles commonly called minute brown scavenger beetles. The number of described species currently stands at around 1050 in 29 genera but the number of species is undoubtedly much higher.-References:*...
Erichson, 1842 - Monotomidae Laporte, 1840
- Rhizophaginae, formerly Rhizophagidae Redtenbacher, 1845
- Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802
- Passandridae Erichson, 1845
- Phalacridae Leach, 1815
- PhloeostichidaePhloeostichidaePhloeostichidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Reitter, 1911 - PropalticidaePropalticidaePropalticidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. It contains two genera with the following species:* Genus Propalticus Sharp, 1879** Propalticus acupinctus...
Crowson, 1952 - ProtocucujidaeProtocucujidaeProtocucujidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Crowson, 1954 - SilvanidaeSilvanidaeSilvanidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Kirby, 1937 - SmicripidaeSmicripidaeSmicripidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Horn, 1879 - SphindidaeSphindidaeSphindidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga....
Jacquelin du Val, 1860
- Alexiidae
- Superfamily Curculionoidea Latreille, 1802
- AnthribidaeAnthribidaeAnthribidae is a family of beetles also known as fungus weevils. The antennae are not elbowed, may occasionally be longer than the body and thread-like, and can be the longest of any members of Curculionoidea...
Billberg, 1820 - AttelabidaeAttelabidaeThe Attelabidae or leaf-rolling weevils are a widespread family of weevils. There are more than 2000 species. They are included within the primitive weevils, because of their straight antennae, which are inserted near the base of the rostrum...
Billberg, 1820 - BelidaeBelidaeBelidae is a family of weevils, called belids or primitive weevils because they have straight antennae, unlike the "true weevils" or Curculionidae which have elbowed antennae...
SchönherrCarl Johan SchönherrCarl Johan Schönherr was a Swedish entomologist who revised the taxonomy of beetles, including weevils.Born in Stockholm, Schönherr was son of a German immigrant who had established himself as a silk manufacturer. At the age of nineteen, he took over the business together with his mother and...
, 1826- Aglycyderinae, formerly Aglycyderidae Wollaston, 1864
- OxycoryninaeOxycoryninaeOxycoryninae are subfamily of primitive weevils of the family Belidae, but sometimes treated as a distinct family Oxycorynidae. Like in other belids, their antennae are straight, not elbowed as in the true weevils , and their larvae feed on the wood of diseased or dying plants or on deadwood or...
, formerly Oxycorynidae Schönherr, 1840
- BrentidaeBrentidaeBrentidae is a cosmopolitan family of primarily xylophagous beetles also known as straight-snouted weevils. The concept of this family has been recently expanded with the inclusion of three groups formerly placed in the Curculionidae; the subfamilies Apioninae, Cyladinae, and Nanophyinae, as well...
Billberg, 1820- Apioninae, formerly Apionidae Schönherr, 1823
- CaridaeCaridaeCaridae is a small Gondwanan family of weevils. They are considered part of the primitive weevil group, because they have straight rather than elbowed antennae. The insertion of the antennae on the rostrum cannot be seen from above. Caridae also lack spiracles on abdominal tergites 6 and 7. The...
Thompson, 1992 - CurculionidaeCurculionidaeCurculionidae is the family of the "true" weevils . It was formerly recognized in 1998 as the largest of any animal family, with over 40,000 species described worldwide at that time...
Latreille, 1802 (snout beetles and true weevils)
- Scolytinae, formerly Scolytidae Latreille, 1807
- Ithyceridae Schönherr, 1823 (New York weevilNew York weevilThe New York weevil is a species of primitive weevil; large for weevils , it is covered with fine bristles and has a regular pattern of light and dark spots...
) - NemonychidaeNemonychidaeNemonychidae is a small family of weevils, placed within the primitive weevil group because they have straight rather than elbowed antennae. They are often called pine flower weevils. As in the Anthribidae, the labrum appears as a separate segment to the clypeus, and the maxillary palps are long...
Bedel, 1882
- Anthribidae
- Superfamily Lymexyloidea Fleming, 1821
- Lymexylidae Fleming, 1821
- Superfamily TenebrionoideaTenebrionoideaTenebrionoidea is a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles.It broadly corresponds to the 'Heteromera' of earlier authors.It contains the families:* Aderidae Winkler 1927 * Anthicidae Latreille 1819...
Latreille, 1802- Aderidae Winkler, 1927
- Anthicidae Latreille, 1819
- ArcheocrypticidaeArcheocrypticidaeThe family Archeocrypticidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name cryptic fungus beetles. Adults and larvae seems to be saprophagous and are often found in plant litter. Worldwide, there are about 10 genera and 50 species, most...
Kaszab, 1964 - BoridaeBoridaeThe family Boridae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name conifer bark beetles.-Taxonomy:* Genus Boros Herbst, 1797** Boros schneideri...
C. G. Thomson, 1859 - ChalcodryidaeChalcodryidaeChalcodryidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga.-Taxonomy:Chalcodryidae contains the following genera and species:* Genus Chalcodrya Redtenbacher, 1868** Chalcodrya bifasciata Broun, 1880** Chalcodrya calida Broun, 1880...
Watt, 1974 - CiidaeCiidaeThe minute tree-fungus beetles, family Ciidae, are a sizeable group of beetles which inhabit Polyporales bracket fungi or coarse woody debris...
Leach, 1819 (=Cisidae) - MelandryidaeMelandryidaeMelandryidae or The false darkling beetles is a family of beetles in the large suborder Polyphaga....
Leach, 1815 - Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (blister beetles)
- MordellidaeMordellidaeMordellidae is a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements they make when escaping predators, or as pintail beetles due to their abdominal tip which aids them in performing these tumbling movements...
Latreille, 1802 - MycetophagidaeMycetophagidaeMycetophagidae or The hairy fungus beetles is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga. The different species are between 1.0 - 6.5 mm in length. The larvae and adults live in decaying leaf litter, fungi and under bark. Most species feed on fungi . Worldwide, there are about 18 genera...
Leach, 1815 - MycteridaeMycteridaeThe family Mycteridae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name palm and flower beetles.The family Mycteridae is distributed worldwide. There are about 30 genera and 160 species...
Blanchard, 1845 (palm beetles and flower beetles)- Hemipeplinae, formerly Hemipeplidae Lacordaire, 1854
- OedemeridaeOedemeridaeThe family Oedemeridae is a cosmopolitan group of beetles commonly known as false blister beetles, though some recent authors have coined the name pollen-feeding beetles...
Latreille, 1810 - PerimylopidaePerimylopidaePerimylopidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga. It is now called Promecheilidae...
St. George, 1939 - ProstomidaeProstomidaeThe family Prostomidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name jugular-horned beetles. They are often found in dead wood. The family consist of two genera with about 20 species. Prostomis mandibularis is known from North America. Other...
C. G. Thomson, 1859 - PterogeniidaePterogeniidaePterogeniidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga....
Crowson, 1953 - Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1807
- Cononotini or Cononotidae
- Pedilinae, formerly Pedilidae Lacordaire, 1859
- PythidaePythidaeThe family Pythidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name dead log bark beetles....
Solier, 1834 - RipiphoridaeRipiphoridaeThe family Ripiphoridae is a cosmopolitan group of beetles commonly known as wedge-shaped beetles containing some 450 species...
Gemminger and Harold, 1870 formerly Rhipiphoridae - SalpingidaeSalpingidaeSalpingidae or narrow-waisted bark beetles is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga. The species are small, about 1.5 - 7 mm in length...
Leach, 1815- Elacatini or Elacatidae
- Inopeplinae, formerly Inopeplidae Grouvelle, 1908
- ScraptiidaeScraptiidaeThe family Scraptiidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name false flower beetles. These beetles are very common and easily confused with members of the related family Mordellidae.-Genera:...
Mulsant, 1856 - StenotrachelidaeStenotrachelidaeStenotrachelidae, commonly called false longhorn beetles is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga.-Classification:The false longhorn beetles belongs to the large superfamily Tenebrionoidea...
C. G. Thomson, 1859- Cephaloinae, formerly Cephaloidae LeConte, 1852
- SynchroidaeSynchroidaeThe family Synchroidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name synchroa bark beetles. The family consists of three genera, Mallodrya, Synchroa, and Synchroina, with a total of five species.-Species:Genus MallodryaGenus Synchroa*Synchroa...
Lacordaire, 1859 - TenebrionidaeDarkling beetleDarkling beetles are a family of beetles found worldwide, estimated at more than 20,000 species. Many of the beetles have black elytra, leading to their common name...
Latreille, 1802 (darkling beetles)
- Alleculinae, formerly Alleculidae Laporte, 1840
- Lagriinae, formerly Lagriidae Latreille, 1825
- Nilionini or Nilionidae Lacordaire, 1859
- Petriini or Petriidae
- TetratomidaeTetratomidaeThe family Tetratomidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name polypore fungus beetles. The family consists of several genera, most of which used to be in the family Melandryidae....
Billberg, 1820 - TrachelostenidaeTrachelostenidaeTrachelostenidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga....
Lacordaire, 1859 - TrictenotomidaeTrictenotomidaeTrictenotomidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga. It contains thirteen species in two genera:* Genus Autocrates J...
Blanchard, 1845 - UlodidaeUlodidaeUlodidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga....
Pascoe, 1869 - ZopheridaeZopheridaeZopheridae is a family of beetles that has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these former families are the Monommatidae and the Colydiidae, which are now both considered subfamilies within the Zopheridae. There are...
Solier, 1834- ColydiinaeColydiinaeColydiinae is a subfamily of beetles, commonly known as cylindrical bark beetles. They have been treated historically as a family, but have recently been moved into the Zopheridae , where they constitute the bulk of the diversity of the new composite family, with about 140 genera worldwide. There...
or Colydiini, formerly Colydiidae Erichson, 1842 - MonommatinaeMonommatinaeMonommatinae is a subfamily of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name opossum beetles. They have been treated historically as a family , but have recently been placed into the Zopheridae...
or Monommatini, formerly Monommatidae or Monommidae Blanchard, 1845
- Colydiinae
- Superfamily Chrysomeloidea
- Infraorder ElateriformiaElateriformiaElateriformia 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....
Crowson, 1960- Superfamily BuprestoideaBuprestoideaBuprestoidea is a superfamily of beetles.It contains two families:* Buprestidae Leach 1815, the jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles.* Schizopodidae LeConte 1861...
Leach, 1815- Buprestidae Leach, 1815
- SchizopodidaeSchizopodidaeSchizopodidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga, containing the following three genera:* Dystaxia LeConte, 1866* †Electrapate Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1962* Glyptoscelimorpha Horn, 1893* Schizopus LeConte, 1858...
LeConte, 1861
- Superfamily ByrrhoideaByrrhoideaThe superfamily Byrrhoidea includes a number of beetle families, most of which are either aquatic or associated with a semi-aquatic habitat. In fact, other than the superfamily Hydrophiloidea, the majority of the remaining Polyphagan beetles which are aquatic are in this superfamily...
Latreille, 1804- ByrrhidaeByrrhidaeByrrhidae, the pill beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea....
Latreille, 1804 - Callirhipidae Emden, 1924
- Chelonariidae Blanchard, 1845
- CneoglossidaeCneoglossidaeCneoglossidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga.It contains nine species in a single genus:* Genus Cneoglossa Guérin-Méneville, 1843** Cneoglossa brevis Champion, 1897** Cneoglossa collaris Guérin-Méneville, 1849...
Champion, 1897 - Dryopidae Billberg, 1820
- Elmidae Curtis, 1830
- Eulichadidae Crowson, 1973
- HeteroceridaeHeteroceridaeThe Heteroceridae, or variegated mud-loving beetles, are a widespread and relatively common family of beetles. They occur on every continent except for Antarctica....
MacLeay, 1825 - Limnichidae Erichson, 1846
- LutrochidaeLutrochidaeLutrochidae is a family of water beetles sometimes known as "travertine beetles", since in North America they are common in springs and streams depositing travertine....
Kasap and Crowson, 1975 - Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854
- Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836
- Byrrhidae
- Superfamily DascilloideaDascilloideaDascilloidea is a superfamily of polyphagan beetles, comprising two families: Dascillidae and Rhipiceridae ....
Guerin-MenevilleFélix Édouard Guérin-MénevilleFélix Édouard Guérin-Méneville was a French entomologist.Guérin-Méneville changed his surname from Guérin in 1836. He was the author of the illustrated work Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier 1829–1844, a complement to the work of Georges Cuvier and Pierre André Latreille, which lacked...
, 1843- Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834)
- Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834
- Superfamily ElateroideaElateroideaElateroidea is a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles, and their relatives.Certain clusters of families within the superfamily are more strongly related to one another; for example, the Elateridae has close ties to Anischiidae,...
Leach, 1815- Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857 (=Eurypogonidae)
- BrachypsectridaeBrachypsectridaeBrachypsectridae is a family of beetles commonly known as the Texas beetles. There is only one genus, Brachypsectra. The type species, Brachypsectra fulva , occurs in North America. There are three other species which occur in southern India, Singapore and northwestern Australia...
Leconte and Horn, 1883 - Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856
- CerophytidaeCerophytidaeCerophytidae is a family of insects known as the rare click beetles. It contains 22 species in four genera, primarily distributed in the New World:* Genus Aphytocerus Zherikhin, 1977** Aphytocerus communis Zherikhin, 1977...
Latreille, 1834 - Drilidae Blanchard, 1845
- ElateridaeClick beetleThe family Elateridae is commonly called click beetles , elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or "skipjacks". They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess...
Leach, 1815 (click beetles)
- Cebrioninae, formerly Cebrionidae Latreille, 1802
- Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829
- LampyridaeFireflyLampyridae is a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, and commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous crepuscular use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies...
Latreille, 1817 (fireflies) - LycidaeLycidaeLycidae is a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles.Beetles of this family are elongated and usually found on flowers or stems. The adults of some species are nectarivores while some may have short-lived adult lives during which they may not...
Laporte, 1836 - OmalisidaeOmalisidaeOmalisidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga.It contains twelve species in two genera:* Genus Omalisus Geoffrey, 1762** Omalisus flavangulus ** Omalisus fontisbellaquaei Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785...
Lacordaire, 1857 - Omethidae LeConte, 1861
- PhengodidaePhengodidaeThe beetle family Phengodidae is known also as glowworm beetles, whose larvae are known as glowworms. The females and larvae have bioluminescent organs. They occur throughout the New World from extreme southern Canada to Chile...
LeConte, 1861 (glowworms) - PlastoceridaePlastoceridaePlastoceridae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga. It contains the single genus Plastocerus with a single species Plastocerus angulosus....
Crowson, 1972 - Podabrocephalidae Pic, 1930
- RhinorhipidaeRhinorhipidaeRhinorhipidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga. It contains the single genus Rhinorhipus with a single species Rhinorhipus tamborinensis...
Lawrence, 1988 - Telegeusidae Leng, 1920
- Throscidae Laporte, 1840 (=Trixagidae)
- Superfamily ScirtoideaScirtoideaScirtoidea is a superfamily of polyphagan beetles, comprising 3 families....
Fleming, 1821- Clambidae Fischer, 1821
- DecliniidaeDecliniidaeDecliniidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga. It contains the single genus Declinia with a single species Declinia relicta...
Nikitsky et al., 1994 - Eucinetidae Lacordaire, 1857
- Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 (=Helodidae)
- Superfamily Buprestoidea
- Infraorder Scarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960
- Superfamily ScarabaeoideaScarabaeoideaScarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year...
Latreille, 1802- Belohinidae Paulian, 1959
- Bolboceratidae Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
- Ceratocanthidae White, 1842 (= Acanthoceridae)
- Diphyllostomatidae Holloway, 1972
- Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802
- GlaphyridaeGlaphyridaeGlaphyridae is a family of beetles, commonly known as The bumble bee scarab beetles. There are eight genera with about 80 species distributed worldwide.-External links:...
MacLeay, 1819 - Glaresidae Semenov-Tian-Shanskii and Medvedev, 1932
- HybosoridaeHybosoridaeHybosoridae, sometimes known as the scavenger scarab beetles, is a family of scarabaeiform beetles. The 210 species in 33 genera occur widely in the tropics, but little is known of their biology....
Erichson, 1847 - LucanidaeStag beetleStag beetles are a group of about 1,200 species of beetle in the family Lucanidae, presently classified in four subfamilies Some species grow up to over 12 cm , but most are about 5 cm .-Overview:...
Latreille, 1804 (stag beetles)
- OchodaeidaeOchodaeidaeOchodaeidae, sometimes known as the sand-loving scarab beetles, is a small but widely-distributed family of scarabaeiform beetles.These beetles are small, ranging from 3–10 mm. Their bodies are elongate to oval and convex, with colors including yellow, reddish-brown, brown, and black.Very...
Mulsant and Rey, 1871 - Passalidae Leach, 1815
- Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861
- ScarabaeidaeScarabaeidaeThe family Scarabaeidae as currently defined consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide. The species in this large family are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family is fairly unstable, with numerous competing theories, and new proposals appearing quite...
Latreille, 1802- Dynastinae, formerly Dynastidae MacLeay, 1819 (rhinoceros beetleRhinoceros beetleThe Rhinoceros Beetles or Rhino Beetles are a subfamily of the scarab beetle family . Other common names – some for particular groups of rhino beetles – are for example Hercules beetles, unicorn beetles or horn beetles...
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- Dynastinae, formerly Dynastidae MacLeay, 1819 (rhinoceros beetle
- Trogidae MacLeay, 1819
- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
- Infraorder StaphyliniformiaStaphyliniformiaStaphyliniformia is a large infraorder of beetles. It contains over 60,000 described species from all regions of the world. Most species occur in moist habitats - various kinds of rotting plant debris, fungi, dung, carrion, many live in fresh water....
Lameere, 1900- Superfamily HydrophiloideaHydrophiloideaHydrophiloidea is a superfamily of beetles. Until recently it only included a single family, the water scavenger beetles , but several of the subfamilies have been removed and raised to family rank.-External links:*...
Latreille, 1802- Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808
- Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802
- Georyssinae, formerly Georyssidae Laporte, 1840
- Sphaeritidae Schuckard, 1839
- Synteliidae Lewis, 1882
- Superfamily StaphylinoideaStaphylinoideaStaphylinoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is a very large and diverse group with worldwide distribution.-Characteristics:Most staphylinoids are middle-sized or small beetles with a pair of shortened elytra. The hind wings have no accessory posterior ridge , no wedge cell and apical cell....
Latreille, 1802- AgyrtidaeAgyrtidaeAgyrtidae or primitive carrion beetles are a small family of polyphagan beetles They are found in mostly temperate areas of the northern hemisphere and in New Zealand. They are feeding on decaying organic material.-Characteristics:...
C.G. Thomson, 1859 - HydraenidaeHydraenidaeHydraenidae is a family of very small aquatic beetles with a worldwide distribution. These beetles are generally 1-3 mm in length with clubbed antennae. They do not swim well and are generally found crawling in marginal vegetation...
Mulsant, 1844 - LeiodidaeLeiodidaeLeiodidae is a family of beetles with around 3800 described species found worldwide. Members of this family are commonly called round fungus beetles due to the globular shape of many species, although some are more elongated in shape...
Fleming, 1821 (=Anisotomidae)- Platypsyllinae Ritsema, 1869 or Leptinidae
- PtiliidaePtiliidaePtiliidae is a family of very tiny beetles with a worldwide distribution. This family contains the smallest of all beetles, with a length of 0.5 mm, and even the largest members of the family do not exceed 2 mm. The weight is approximately 0.4 milligrams....
Erichson, 1845
- Cephaloplectinae, formerly Limulodidae Sharp, 1883
- Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815
- Silphidae Latreille, 1807
- StaphylinidaeRove beetleThe rove beetles are a large family of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra that leave more than half of their abdomens exposed. With over 46,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is the second largest family of beetles after the Curculionidae...
Latreille, 1802 (rove beetles)- Scaphidiinae, formerly Scaphidiidae Latreille, 1807
- PselaphinaePselaphinaePselaphinae is a subfamily of small beetles. The group was originally regarded as a separate family, named Pselaphidae...
, formerly Pselaphidae Latreille, 1802
- Agyrtidae
- Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
- Infraorder Bostrichiformia