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This article classifies the subgroups of the order Coleoptera (
beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s) down to the level of families, following the system in "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)", Bouchard, et al. (2011), with corrections and additions from 2020, with common names from bugguide.net. *Order
Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describe ...
**Suborder † Protocoleoptera ***Superfamily †
Tshekardocoleoidea Tshekardocoleoidea is a superfamily in the extinct suborder Protocoleoptera that contains the following families: *† Coleopsidae *† Labradorocoleoidae *† Oborocoleidae *†Tshekardocoleidae Tshekardocoleidae is an extinct family of b ...
Rohdendorf, 1944 ****Family †
Tshekardocoleidae Tshekardocoleidae is an extinct family of beetles, known from the Permian. They represent amongst the oldest beetles. Like other primitive beetles, they are thought to have been xylophagous. They first appeared during the Cisuralian, before becomi ...
Rohdendorf, 1944 ****Family † Labradorocoleidae Ponomarenko, 1969 ****Family † Oborocoleidae Kukalová, 1969 ***Superfamily † Permocupedoidea Martynov, 1933 ****Family †
Permocupedidae Permocupedidae is a family of Protocoleopteran stem group beetles. They first appeared during the Early Permian, and were one of the dominant groups of beetles during the Middle Permian. They became rare in the Late Permian, with only one species ...
Martynov, 1933 ****Family †
Taldycupedidae Taldycupedidae is an extinct family of beetles primarily known from the Permian period. Taxonomy Kirejtshuk (2020) included the following genera in Taldycupedidae, preliminarily treating it as a subfamily Taldycupedinae of the family Permocupedid ...
Rohdendorf, 1961 ***Superfamily † Permosynoidea Tillyard, 1924 ****Family †
Ademosynidae Ademosynidae is an extinct family of beetles in the order Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing t ...
Ponomarenko, 1968 ****Family †
Permosynidae Permosynidae is a family of Protocoleopteran beetle in the superfamily Permosynoidea. The family lived between the Late Permian and Late Jurassic and lived in Russia and Mongolia.A. G. Ponomarenko, D. S. Aristov, A. S. Bashkuev, Yu. M. Gubin, A ...
Tillyard, 1924 **Suborder
Archostemata The Archostemata are the smallest suborder of beetles, consisting 45 living species in five families. They are an ancient lineage with a number of primitive characteristics. Antennae may be thread-shaped (filiform) or like a string of beads (mon ...
***Superfamily Cupedoidea Laporte, 1836 ****Family Crowsoniellidae Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983 ****Family Cupedidae Laporte, 1836 ****Family Micromalthidae Barber, 1913 (telephone-pole beetle) ****Family Ommatidae Sharp and Muir, 1912 ****Family
Jurodidae Jurodidae is a family of beetles that was originally described for the extinct genus '' Jurodes'', known from the Middle-Late Jurassic of Asia. In 1996, a living species, ''Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae'' was discovered in the Sikhote-Alin mountains ...
Ponomarenko, 1985 ****Family † Triadocupedidae Ponomarenko, 1966 ****Family † Magnocoleidae Hong, 1998 ****Family † Obrieniidae Zherikhin and Gratshev, 1994 ***Superfamily † Asiocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1961 ****Family † Asiocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1961 ****Family † Tricoleidae Ponomarenko, 1969 ***Superfamily † Rhombocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1961 ****Family † Rhombocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1961 ***Superfamily † Schizocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1961 (formerly Schizophoroidea Ponomarenko, 1968) ****Family † Phoroschizidae Bouchard and Bousquet, 2020 (formerly Schizophoridae Ponomarenko, 1968) ****Family † Catiniidae Ponomarenko, 1968 ****Family † Schizocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1961 **Suborder Myxophaga ***Superfamily
Lepiceroidea ''Lepicerus'' is a genus of myxophagan beetles containing three described species in the family Lepiceridae; it is the only extant genus in the family, with another genus, '' Lepiceratus'' only known from fossils.Jałoszyński, Paweł; Luo, Xiao- ...
Hinton, 1936 (1882) ****Family
Lepiceridae ''Lepicerus'' is a genus of myxophagan beetles containing three described species in the family Lepiceridae; it is the only extant genus in the family, with another genus, '' Lepiceratus'' only known from fossils.Jałoszyński, Paweł; Luo, Xiao- ...
Hinton, 1936 (1882) ***Superfamily Sphaeriusoidea Erichson, 1845 ****Family
Torridincolidae The Torridincolidae are a small family of beetles in the suborder Myxophaga. It contains these genera:Hydroscaphidae LeConte, 1874 ****Family Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845 **Suborder
Adephaga The Adephaga (from Greek ἀδηφάγος, ''adephagos'', "gluttonous") are a suborder of beetles, and with more than 40,000 recorded species in 10 families, the second-largest of the four beetle suborders. Members of this suborder are collect ...
****Family † Tritarsusidae Hong, 2002 (formerly Tritarsidae Hong, 2002) ****Family Gyrinidae Latreille, 1810 (whirligig beetles) ****Family Trachypachidae Thomson, 1857 (false ground beetles) ****Family Rhysodidae Laporte, 1840 ****Family Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (ground beetles) ****Family Haliplidae Aubé, 1836 (crawling water beetles) ****Family † Triaplidae Ponomarenko, 1977 ****Family † Colymbotethidae Ponomarenko, 1994 ****Family † Parahygrobiidae Ponomarenko, 1977 ****Family † Coptoclavidae Ponomarenko, 1961 ****Family † Liadytidae Ponomarenko, 1977 ****Family Meruidae Spangler and Steiner, 2005 ****Family Noteridae Thomson, 1860 (burrowing water beetles) ****Family Amphizoidae LeConte, 1853 ****Family Aspidytidae Ribera, Beutel, Balke and Vogler, 2002 ****Family Hygrobiidae Régimbart, 1879 (1837) ****Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (predaceous diving beetles) **Suborder
Polyphaga Polyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles. It comprises 144 families in 16 superfamilies, and displays an enormous variety of specialization and adaptation, with over 350,000 described species, or approximately 90% of the be ...
***Infraorder
Staphyliniformia Staphyliniformia is a large infraorder of beetles. It contains over 70,000 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 wat ...
****Superfamily
Histeroidea Histeroidea is a superfamily of beetles in the infraorder Staphyliniformia. Characteristics Characteristic to Histeroidea are an accessory posterior ridge (locking device) behind the hind margin and presence of medial loop and apical hinge of ...
Gyllenhal, 1808 *****Family Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808 *****Family Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839 *****Family Synteliidae Lewis, 1882 ****Superfamily Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802 *****Family
Epimetopidae Epimetopidae is a family of semi-aquatic beetles belonging to the Hydrophiloidea. They are found in sand and gravel at the edges of streams, rivers and shallow freshwater ponds. These beetles are shorter than half a centimeter long and have a pr ...
Zaitzev, 1908 *****Family
Georissidae ''Georissus'', also called minute mud-loving beetles, is the only genus in the beetle family Georissidae (or Georyssidae). They are tiny insects living in wet soil, often near water. They are found on every continent except Antarctica. Character ...
Laporte, 1840 *****Family Helophoridae Leach, 1815 *****Family Hydrochidae Thomson, 1859 *****Family Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802 (water scavenger beetles) *****Family Spercheidae Erichson, 1837 ****Superfamily
Staphylinoidea Staphylinoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is a very large and diverse group with worldwide distribution. Description Adult staphylinoids are generally small beetles no more than a few millimetres long, though Staphylinidae can reach 50 mm ...
Latreille, 1802 *****Family
Hydraenidae Hydraenidae is a family of very small aquatic beetles, sometimes called "Minute moss beetles", with a worldwide distribution. They are around 0.8 to 3.3 mm in length. The adults store air on the underside of the body as well as beneath the el ...
Mulsant, 1844 *****Family
Ptiliidae Ptiliidae is a family of very tiny beetles with a cosmopolitan distribution. This family contains the smallest of all beetles, with a length when fully grown of . The weight is approximately 0.4 milligrams. They are colloquially called feath ...
Erichson, 1845 *****Family
Agyrtidae Agyrtidae, or primitive carrion beetles, are a small family of beetles belonging to Staphylinoidea. They are found in mostly temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere and in New Zealand. Characteristics Agyrtidae are small or middle-sized bee ...
Thomson, 1859 *****Family
Leiodidae Leiodidae 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. They are g ...
Fleming, 1821 *****Family Silphidae Latreille, 1806 *****Family
Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, th ...
Latreille, 1802 (rove beetles) ***Infraorder
Scarabaeiformia Scarabaeoidea 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. Its constituent families are also undergoing ...
****Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 *****Family Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861 (rain beetles) *****Family Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 (earth-boring scarab beetles) *****Family
Belohinidae ''Belohina inexpectata'' is a species of polyphagan beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from ...
Paulian, 1959 *****Family
Passalidae Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles" or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their size, ranging from ...
Leach, 1815 (bess beetles) *****Family
Trogidae Trogidae, sometimes called hide beetles, is a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. Found worldwide, the family includes about 300 species contained in four or five genera. Trogids range in length from 2 to 20 mm. Thei ...
MacLeay, 1819 (hide beetles) *****Family Glaresidae Prudhomme de Borre, 1886 *****Family
Diphyllostomatidae The false stag beetles (''Diphyllostoma'') are a group of three species of rare beetles known only from California. Almost nothing is known of their life history beyond that the adults are diurnal and females are flightless; larvae have not bee ...
Holloway, 1972 *****Family Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 (stag beetles) *****Family
Ochodaeidae Ochodaeidae, also known as the sand-loving scarab beetles, is a small family of scarabaeiform beetles occurring in many parts of the world. These beetles are small, ranging from . Their bodies are elongate and convex, with black and brown colo ...
Streubel, 1846 (sand-loving scarab beetles) *****Family
Hybosoridae Hybosoridae, sometimes known as the scavenger scarab beetles, is a family of scarabaeiform beetles. The 690 species in 97 genera occur widely in the tropics, but little is known of their biology. Hybosorids are small, 5–7 mm in length a ...
Erichson, 1847 *****Family
Glaphyridae Glaphyridae is a family of beetles, commonly known as bumble bee scarab beetles. There are eight extant genera with about 80 species distributed worldwide and two extinct genera described from the Aptian aged Yixian Formation of China. There are ...
MacLeay, 1819 (bumble bee scarab beetles) *****Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (scarab beetles) *****Family † Coprinisphaeridae Genise, 2004 ( ichnotaxon) *****Family † Pallichnidae Genise, 2004 (ichnotaxon) ***Infraorder Elateriformia ****Superfamily
Scirtoidea Scirtoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is traditionally considered to consist of four families: Clambidae, Decliniidae, Eucinetidae and Scirtidae. However, genetic studies have suggested that Clambidae and Eucinetidae belong to a separate su ...
Fleming, 1821 *****Family Decliniidae Nikitsky, Lawrence, Kirejtshuk and Gratshev, 1994 *****Family Eucinetidae Lacordaire, 1857 *****Family Clambidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1821 *****Family Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 *****Family † Elodophthalmidae Kirejtshuk and Azar, 2008 *****Family † Mesocinetidae Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko, 2010 ****Superfamily
Dascilloidea Dascilloidea is a superfamily of polyphagan beetles, comprising two families: Dascillidae (soft bodied plant beetles) and Rhipiceridae Rhipiceridae is a family of beetles found worldwide. The larva of rhipicerids are parasitoids of cicada nym ...
Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834) *****Family
Dascillidae Dascillidae is a family of beetles within the clade Elateriformia. There are about 100 extant species in 11 genera, which are found worldwide. Dascillidae together with Rhipiceridae form the super family Dascilloidea. Taxonomy The family was n ...
Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834) *****Family
Rhipiceridae Rhipiceridae is a family of beetles found worldwide. The larva of rhipicerids are parasitoids of cicada nymphs. Rhipiceridae and Dascillidae form the super family Dascilloidea, within the Elateriformia. Taxonomic History The taxonomic histor ...
Latreille, 1834 ****Superfamily
Buprestoidea Buprestoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It contains two families: * Buprestidae Leach 1815, the jewel beetle Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colo ...
Leach, 1815 *****Family Schizopodidae LeConte, 1859 *****Family
Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
Leach, 1815 ****Superfamily
Byrrhoidea 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 beetl ...
Latreille, 1804 *****Family Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804 *****Family Protelmidae Jeannel, 1950 *****Family Elmidae Curtis, 1830 *****Family Dryopidae Billberg, 1820 (1817) *****Family Lutrochidae Kasap and Crowson, 1975 *****Family Limnichidae Erichson, 1846 *****Family Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825 *****Family Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854 *****Family Cneoglossidae Champion, 1897 *****Family Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836 *****Family Podabrocephalidae Pic, 1930 *****Family Chelonariidae Blanchard, 1845 *****Family Eulichadidae Crowson, 1973 *****Family Callirhipidae Emden, 1924 ****Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 *****Family Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857 *****Family Brachypsectridae Horn, 1881 *****Family
Cantharidae The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the red coats of early British soldiers, hence the ...
Imhoff, 1856 (1815) (soldier beetles) *****Family Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834 *****Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 (click beetles; includes former Drilidae, Omalisidae, and Plastoceridae) *****Family Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829 *****Family Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 (fireflies) *****Family
Lycidae The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregions ...
Laporte, 1836 *****Family Omethidae LeConte, 1861 (includes former Telegeusidae) *****Family Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 *****Family Rhagophthalmidae Olivier, 1907 *****Family Sinopyrophoridae Bi, 2018 *****Family Throscidae Laporte, 1840 nomen protectum *****Family † Berendtimiridae Winkler, 1987 *****Family † Praelateriidae Dolin, 1973 ****Superfamily
Rhinorhipoidea ''Rhinorhipus'' is a genus of beetles that contains a single species, ''Rhinorhipus tamborinensis'' from southern Queensland, Australia. It is the sole member of the family Rhinorhipidae and superfamily Rhinorhipoidea. It is an isolated lineage n ...
Lawrence, 1988 *****Family Rhinorhipidae Lawrence, 1988 ***Infraorder Bostrichiformia ****Superfamily Derodontoidea LeConte, 1861 *****Family Derodontidae LeConte, 1861 *****Family
Nosodendridae Nosodendridae is a family of beetles, with only 67 species in three extant genera, which are found worldwide. '' Nosodendron'', the largest genus, is found in forests and attracted to yeast generated slime on the wounds of trees, and likely consu ...
Erichson, 1846 *****Family
Jacobsoniidae Jacobsoniidae are a family of tiny beetles belonging to Staphylinoidea. The larvae and adults live under bark, in plant litter, fungi, bat guano and rotten wood. There are around 28 described species in three genera: Description Members of thi ...
Heller, 1926 ****Superfamily
Bostrichoidea Bostrichoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is the type superfamily of the infraorder Bostrichiformia. Description The Bostrichoidea are united by the following features: modified cryptonephridism, the structure of the aedeagus in males, an ...
Latreille, 1802 *****Family Dermestidae Latreille, 1804 (carpet beetles) *****Family Endecatomidae LeConte, 1861 *****Family Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802 *****Family Ptinidae Latreille, 1802 ***Infraorder Cucujiformia ****Superfamily Lymexyloidea Fleming, 1821 *****Family
Lymexylidae The Lymexylidae (historically often spelled Lymexylonidae), also known as ship-timber beetles, are a family of wood-boring beetles. Lymexylidae belong to the suborder Polyphaga and are the sole member of the superfamily Lymexyloidea. Habitat a ...
Fleming, 1821 ****Superfamily
Cleroidea Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly. Description Cleroidea is defined by the f ...
Latreille, 1802 *****Family Phloiophilidae Kiesenwetter, 1863 *****Family
Trogossitidae Trogossitidae, also known as bark-gnawing beetles, are a small family in the superfamily Cleroidea. Many taxa formerly within this family have been removed (as of 2019) to other families, such as Lophocateridae, Peltidae, Protopeltidae, Rent ...
Latreille, 1802 *****Family Chaetosomatidae Crowson, 1952 *****Family Metaxinidae Kolibáč, 2004 *****Family Thanerocleridae Chapin, 1924 *****Family
Cleridae Cleridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. They are commonly known as checkered beetles. The family Cleridae has a worldwide distribution, and a variety of habitats and feeding preferences. Cleridae have many niches and feed ...
Latreille, 1802 (checkered beetles) *****Family Acanthocnemidae Crowson, 1964 *****Family
Phycosecidae Phycosecidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cleroidea., containing the single genus ''Phycosecis'' found in Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Vanuatu. The beetles are small, about 1.5–3.5 mm in length. They live in sandy ...
Crowson, 1952 *****Family Prionoceridae Lacordaire, 1857 *****Family Mauroniscidae Majer, 1995 *****Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (soft-winged flower beetles) ****Superfamily
Cucujoidea Cucujoidea is a superfamily of beetles. This group formerly included all of the families now included in the superfamily Coccinelloidea. They include some fungus beetles and a diversity of lineages of "bark beetles" unrelated to the "true" bark ...
Latreille, 1802 *****Family † Parandrexidae Kirejtshuk, 1994 *****Family † Sinisilvanidae Hong, 2002 *****Family
Boganiidae Boganiidae is a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cucujoidea. Members of the family are found in southern Africa, Australia and New Caledonia. Adults and larvae are pollenivorous, feeding on the pollen of cycads and flowering plants of the f ...
Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966 *****Family
Byturidae Byturidae, also known as Fruitworms, is a very small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga, comprising fewer than 20 species worldwide.C.A. Springer & M.A. Goodrich (1994) A Revision of the Subfamily Platydascillinae (Coleoptera: Byturidae ...
Gistel, 1848 *****Family
Helotidae Helotidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. The family includes about five extant genera, ''Helota'' MacLeay, ''Neohelota'' Ohta, ''Afrohelotina'' Kirejtshuk, ''Metahelotella'' Kirejtshuk, and ''Strophohelota'' Kirejtshuk. Helo ...
Chapuis, 1876 *****Family Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954 *****Family Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1860 *****Family Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861 *****Family Erotylidae Latreille, 1802 *****Family Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 *****Family
Hobartiidae Hobartiidae is a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cucujoidea. There are only two known genera '' Hobartius'' (Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966) and '' Hydnobioides'' (Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966), with six species, five of which are native to Austra ...
Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966 *****Family Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1826 *****Family Agapythidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969 *****Family Priasilphidae Crowson, 1973 *****Family Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911 *****Family Silvanidae Kirby, 1837 *****Family Cucujidae Latreille, 1802 *****Family
Myraboliidae ''Myrabolia'' is the only genus in the beetle family Myraboliidae in the superfamily Cucujoidea. It has about 13 species, found in Australia. Adults and possibly larvae live under the bark of ''Eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over s ...
Lawrence and Britton, 1991 *****Family
Cavognathidae Cavognathidae is a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cucujoidea Cucujoidea is a superfamily of beetles. This group formerly included all of the families now included in the superfamily Coccinelloidea. They include some fungus beetles an ...
Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966 *****Family
Lamingtoniidae ''Lamingtonium'' is the only genus in the family Lamingtoniidae, of the beetle superfamily Cucujoidea. It contains three species endemic to Australia.Lawrence, J. F., and Leschen, R. A. B. (2003). Review of Lamingtoniidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea ...
Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969 *****Family Passandridae Blanchard, 1845 *****Family Phalacridae Leach, 1815 *****Family Propalticidae Crowson, 1952 *****Family Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer, 1899 *****Family Tasmosalpingidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991 *****Family
Cyclaxyridae Cyclaxyridae are a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea. The only living genus is '' Cyclaxyra'', with two species endemic to New Zealand. Other species have been named from fossils. They are also known as sooty mould beetles due to the ...
Gimmel, Leschen and Ślipiński, 2009 *****Family
Kateretidae Kateretidae also known as short-winged flower beetles are a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea. There are 10 extant and 4 extinct genera, and at least 40 described species. They are found worldwide except in New Zealand. Adults are ...
Kirby, 1837 *****Family Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802 *****Family Smicripidae Horn, 1880 *****Family
Bothrideridae Bothrideridae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea. They are known commonly as the cocoon-forming beetles or dry bark beetles. They occur worldwide with most native to the Old World tropics. In older literature, the family wa ...
Erichson, 1845 *****Family
Cerylonidae Cerylonidae are small to tiny (), smooth, shiny, hairless beetles, only lightly punctured. There are about 450 species worldwide in 50 or so genera, mostly tropical and subtropical. They are most common under the bark of dead trees, but can also ...
Billberg, 1820 *****Family
Alexiidae Alexiidae is a family of beetles. It contains a single genus, ''Sphaerosoma,'' formerly included within the family Cerylonidae, with around 50 species which are native to the western Palearctic. Species of ''Sphaerosoma'' are very small, around 1 ...
Imhoff, 1856 *****Family Discolomatidae Horn, 1878 *****Family
Endomychidae Endomychidae, or handsome fungus beetles, is a family of beetles with representatives found in all biogeographic realms. There are around 120 genera and 1300 species. The family was established based on the type genus '' Endomychus'', a genus ere ...
Leach, 1815 *****Family
Coccinellidae Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain. Some entomologists prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as they ...
Latreille, 1807 (ladybirds or lady beetles) *****Family
Corylophidae Corylophidae is a family of minute hooded beetles, sometimes called minute fungus beetles, in the superfamily Coccinelloidea. There are about 18 genera and at least 120 described species in Corylophidae. They feed on microfungi such as molds, a ...
LeConte, 1852 *****Family
Akalyptoischiidae ''Akalyptoischion'' is a genus of coccinelloid beetle, the only member of the family Akalyptoischiidae, formerly included within the family Latridiidae but was found to place outside this family in a molecular phylogenetic analysis. There are a ...
Lord, Hartley, Lawrence, McHugh, Whiting and Miller, 2010 *****Family
Latridiidae Latridiidae (sometimes spelled "Lathridiidae") is a family of tiny, little-known beetles commonly called minute brown scavenger beetles or fungus beetles. The number of described species currently stands at around 1050 in 29 genera but the number ...
Erichson, 1842 ****Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802 *****Family Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815 *****Family Archeocrypticidae Kaszab, 1964 *****Family Pterogeniidae Crowson, 1953 *****Family Ciidae Leach, 1819 *****Family Tetratomidae Billberg, 1820 *****Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 *****Family
Mordellidae The Mordellidae are 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 ...
Latreille, 1802 (tumbling flower beetles) *****Family Ripiphoridae Laporte, 1840 *****Family
Zopheridae The Zopheridae family of beetles 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 incl ...
Solier, 1834 *****Family Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869 *****Family
Promecheilidae Promecheilidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. They were formerly included in a family called Perimylopidae. They are found in southern South America and associated archipelagos like South Georgia and the Falklands, New ...
Lacordaire, 1859 *****Family Chalcodryidae Watt, 1974 *****Family Trachelostenidae Lacordaire, 1859 *****Family
Tenebrionidae Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin gen ...
Latreille, 1802 (darkling beetles) *****Family Prostomidae Thomson, 1859 *****Family Synchroidae Lacordaire, 1859 *****Family
Stenotrachelidae Stenotrachelidae, commonly called false longhorn beetles is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. They are native to the Holarctic region. The larvae feed on heavily decomposed wood, while the adults are likely short lived and p ...
Thomson, 1859 *****Family
Oedemeridae The 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. There are some 100 genera and 1,500 species in the family, mostly associate ...
Latreille, 1810 *****Family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (blister beetles) *****Family Mycteridae Perty, 1840 (palm beetles and flower beetles) *****Family Boridae Thomson, 1859 *****Family
Trictenotomidae The Trictenotomidae are a small family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea, containing fifteen species in two genera. Most species are found in the Oriental realm where they live in montane forest habitats. The family is considered, base ...
Blanchard, 1845 *****Family
Pythidae The family Pythidae is a small group of tenebrionoid beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name dead log bark beetles. There are seven genera, which are largely native to the mid-high latitude regions of t ...
Solier, 1834 *****Family Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1806 *****Family Salpingidae Leach, 1815 *****Family Anthicidae Latreille, 1819 *****Family Aderidae Csiki, 1909 *****Family Scraptiidae Gistel, 1848 ****Clade Phytophaga *****Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802 ******Family
Oxypeltidae The Oxypeltidae are a small family belonging to the superfamily Chrysomeloidea, widespread in the Andean region of Chile and Argentina. They have traditionally been considered a group within the Cerambycidae. Description The body is massive and ...
Lacordaire, 1868 ******Family Vesperidae Mulsant, 1839 ******Family Disteniidae Thomson, 1861 ******Family Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802 (longhorn beetles) ******Family
Megalopodidae The Megalopodidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae. One of its constituent subfamilies, Zeugophorinae, has also frequently been treated as a subfamily within Chrysomelidae. The famil ...
Latreille, 1802 ******Family
Orsodacnidae The Orsodacnidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae. It is the smallest of the Chrysomeloid families in North America; Oxypeltidae is smaller, with only three species in South America ...
Thomson, 1859 ******Family
Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
Latreille, 1802 (leaf beetles) *****Superfamily
Curculionoidea Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small, less than in length, and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several families, ...
Latreille, 1802 ******Family Nemonychidae Bedel, 1882 ******Family Anthribidae Billberg, 1820 ******Family † Ulyanidae Zherikhin, 1993 ******Family Belidae Schönherr, 1826 ******Family Caridae Thompson, 1992 ******Family Attelabidae Billberg, 1820 ******Family Brentidae Billberg, 1820 ******Family Brachyceridae Billberg, 1820 ******Family
Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. ...
Latreille, 1802 (snout beetles, weevils, and bark beetles)


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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 w ...
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