Order Coleoptera
Order Coleoptera (4 suborders, 152 families, +250,000 species)
Beetles and Weevils
- Suborder Archostemata (2 families, 21-22 species)
- Family Cupedidae (20 species)
Reticulated Beetles
- Family Micromalthidae (1-2 species)
Micromalthid Beetles
- Suborder Adephaga (11 families)
- Family Rhysodidea (100 species)
Wrinkled Bark Beetles
- Family Cicindelidae (2,000 species)
Tiger Beetle
- Family Rhysodidae (100 species)
Wrinkled Bark Beetle
- Family Paussidae (400 species)
- Family Carabidae (20,000 species)
Ground Beetle
- Genus Calosoma
- Calosoma scrutator
Searcher or Caterpillar Hunter
- Calosoma sycophanta
- Genus Brachinus
Bombardier Beetle
- Genus Lebia
- Genus Scaphinotus
Snail Hunter
- Genus Mormolyce
Fiddle Beetle
- Family Trachypachidae
- Family Haliplidae (200 species)
Crawling Water Beetle
- Family Amphizoidae (5 species)
Trout-stream Beetle
- Family Hydrobiidae
- Family Gyrinidae (700 species)
Whirligig Beetle
- Family Noteridae
Burrowing Water Beetle
- Family Dytiscidae (4,000 species)
True Water Beetle
- Genus Siettitia
- Genus Dytiscus
- Suborder Polyphaga (18 superfamilies, 135 families)
- Superfamily Hydrophiloidea (1 family, 2,000 species)
- Superfamily Histeroidea (3 families)
- Family Sphaeritidae (1 genus, 4 species)
- Family Synteliidae (1 genus)
- Family Histeridae (2,500 species)
Hister Beetle
- Genus Hister
- Genus Niponius
- Superfamily Staphylinoidea (10 families)
- Family Limulodidae (5 genera, 30 species)
Horseshoe Crab Beetle
- Family Ptiliidae (350 species)
Feather-winged Beetle
- Family Leptinidae
Mammal-nest Beetle
- Family Anisotomidae (1,000 species)
Round Fungus Beetle
- Family Dasyceridae (10 species)
- Family Silphidae (175-230 species)
Burying Beetle
Carrion Beetle
- Genus Silpha
- Genus Nicrophorus
- Family Scydmaenidae (1,200 species)
Antlike Stone Beetle
- Family Scaphidiidae (250 species)
Shining Fungus Beetle
- Family Staphylinidae (+20,000 species)
Rove Beetle
- Genus Stenus
- Genus Dinarda
- Genus Lomechusa
- Genus Atemeles
- Genus Xenodusa
- Genus Staphylinus
- Staphylinus olens
Devil's Coachhorse
- Family Pselaphidae (3,500 species)
Short-winged Beetle
- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (6 families)
- Family Lucanidae (900 species)
Stag Beetle
Pinching Bug
- Genus Lucanus
- Genus Chaisognathus
- Genus Odontolabis
- Genus Phalacrognathus
- Genus Cladognathus
- Cladognathus giraffa
Giraffe Stag Beetle
- Family Passalidae (800 species)
Bess Beetle
- Family Trogidae (150 species)
Skin Beetle
- Family Acanthoceridae (100 species)
- Family Geotrupidae (300 species)
Dor Beetle
- Genus Lethrus
- Genus Geotrupes
- Family Scarabaeidae (20,000-30,000 species)
Chafer
Rhinoceros Beetle
Atlas Beetle
Scarab Beetle
Flower Beetle
Tumblebug
Leaf-chafer
- Genus Cetonia
- Genus Cotinus
- Genus Melolontha
- Genus Scarabaeus
- Scarabaeus sacer
Dung Beetle
- Genus Phyllophaga
- Superfamily Dascilloidea (4 families)
- Family Clambidae (30 species)
Fringed-wing Beetle
- Family Eucinetidae (25 species)
- Family Helodidae (350 species)
Marsh Beetle
- Family Dascillidae (200 species)
- Superfamily Byrrhoidea (1 family, 270 species)
- Family Byrrhidae (270 species)
Pill Beetle
- Superfamily Dryopoidea (8 families)
- Family Psephenidae
Water-penny Beetle
- Family Eurypogonidae
- Family Ptilodactylidae (200 species)
- Family Chelonariidae (50 species)
- Family Heteroceridae (500 species)
Variegated Mud-loving Beetle
- Family Limnichidae
Minute Marsh-loving Beetle
- Family Dryopidae
Long-toed Water Beetle
- Family Elmidae
Riffle Beetle
- Superfamily Rhipiceroidea (2 families, 180 species)
- Family Rhipiceridae (180 species)
Cedar Beetle
- Family Callirhipidae
- Superfamily Buprestoidea (1 family, 15,000 species)
- Family Buprestidae (15,000 species)
Metallic Wood-boring Beetle
- Genus Agrilus
- Genus Sphenoptera
- Genus Chrysobothris
- Superfamily Elateroidea (6 families)
- Family Cerophytidae (12 species)
- Family Cebrionidae (200 species)
- Family Elateridae (7,000 species)
Click Beetle
- Genus Pyrophorus
- Genus Alaus
- Alaus oculatus
Eyed Elator
- Genus Agriotes
- Genus Athous
- Family Trixagidae (200 species)
Throscid Beetle
- Family Perothopidae
- Family Eucnemidae (1,000 species)
False Click Beetle
- Superfamily Cantharoidea (8 families)
- Family Brachypsectridae
- Family Homalisidae
- Family Karumiidae
- Family Drilidae (80 species)
- Family Phengodidae (50 species)
- Family Lampyridae (1,000-1,900 species)
Lightning Bug or Firefly
- Genus Lampyris
- Lampyris noctiluca
Common Glowworm
- Genus Photinus
- Family Cantharidae (3,500 species)
Soldier Beetle
- Genus Cantharis
- Genus Rhagonycha
- Genus Chauliognathus
- Chauliognathus marginatus
- Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus
- Family Lycidae (2,800 species)
Net-winged Beetle
- Superfamily Dermestoidae (4 families)
- Family Derodontidae (12 species)
- Family Nosodendridae (30 species)
- Family Dermestidae
Skin Beetle, Dermestid Beetle
- Genus Dermestes
- Genus Anthrenus
- Family Thorictidae (80 species)
- Superfamily Bostrychoidea (5 families)
- Family Anobiidae (500-1,100 species)
Desert Spider Beetle
Drugstore or Death-watch Beetle
- Genus Xestobium
- Genus Mezium
- Mezium americanum
American Spider Beetle
- Genus Stegobium
- Genus Lasioderma
- Genus Ptinus
- Ptinus fur
White-marked Spider Beetle
- Family Ptinidae (500 species)
Spider Tree
- Family Bostrychidae (550 species)
Branch and Twig Borer
- Genus Sinoxylon
- Genus Dinoderus
- Family Lyctidae (90 species)
Powder-post Beetle
- Family Psoidae
Psoid Branch and Twig Beetle
- Genus Psoa
- Genus Polycaon
- Superfamily Cleroidea (5 families)
- Family Trogossitidae (500 species)
Bark-gnawing Beetle
- Family Chaetosomatidae (3 genera)
- Family Cleridae (3,000 species)
Checkered Beetle
- Genus Corynetes
- Genus Necrobia
- Necrobia rufipes
Red-legged Ham Beetle
- Genus Trichodes
- Genus Hydnocera
- Family Melyridae (4,000 species)
Soft-winged Flower Beetle
- Family Phloiophilidae (1 genus, 1 species)
- Superfamily Lymexyloidea (1 family)
- Family Lymexylidae (50 species)
Ship-timber Beetle
- Genus Lymexylon
- Genus Hylecoetus
- Superfamily Cucujoidea (56 families)
- Family Passandridae
- Family Smicripidae
- Family Nitidulidae (2,200 species)
Sap Beetle
- Genus Meligethes
- Genus Cybocephalus
- Genus Glischrochius
- Glischrochius fasciatus
- Glischrochius quadrisignatus
- Genus Conotelus
- Family Byturidae
Fruitworm Beetle
- Genus Byturus
- Byturus rubi
Raspberry Fruitworm
- Family Biphyllidae (200 species)
Silken Fungus Beetle
- Family Rhizophagidae
Root-eating Beetle
- Family Cisidae (360 species)
Minute Tree-fungus Beetle
- Family Protocucujidae (2 species)
- Family Sphindidae (30 species)
Dry-fungus Beetle
- Family Cucujidae
Flat Bark Beetle
- Genus Catogenus
- Genus Cucujus
- Genus Cryptolestes
- Cryptolestes ferrugineus
Rust-red Grain Beetle
- Family Silvanidae
Flat Grain Beetle
- Genus Silvanus
- Genus Oryzaephilus
- Family Hypocopridae
- Family Helotidae (80 species)
- Family Phycosecidae
- Genus Phycosecis
- Genus Alfieriella
- Family Propalticidae (20 species)
- Family Cryptophagidae (800 species)
Silken Fungus Beetle
- Genus Cryptophagus
- Genus Antherophagus
- Family Phalacridae (500 species)
Shining Flower Beetle
- Family Languriidae (400 species)
- Family Erotylidae (1,600 species)
Pleasing Fungus Beetle
- Family Cerylonidae
- Family Coccinellidae (5,000 species)
Ladybug Beetle
Ladybird Beetle
- Genus Epilachna
- Genus Rodolia
- Rodolia cardinalis
Australian Ladybird or Verdalia Beetle
- Genus Coccinella
- Coccinella novemnotata
Nine-spotted Ladybird Beetle
- Genus Icerya
- Genus Hippodamia
- Hippodamia convergens
Convergent Ladybug
- Genus Epilachna
- Epilachna borealis
Squash Beetle
- Epilachna varivestis
Mexican Bean Beetle
- Family Corylophidae (300 species)
- Family Endomychidae (600 species)
Handsome Fungus Beetle
- Genus Endomychus
- Genus Mycetaea
- Family Discolomidae (30 species)
- Family Merophysiidae
- Family Lathridiidae (600 species)
Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle
- Family Merycidae
- Family Mycetophagidae (200 species)
Hairy Fungus Beetle
- Family Colydiidae (1,400 species)
Cylindrical Bark Beetle
- Family Pterogeniidae (2 genera)
- Family Nilionidae (40 species)
- Family Lagriidae
- Family Tenebrionidae (10,000 species)
Concave Tenebrionid Beetle
Darkling Beetle
- Genus Eleodes
Pinacate Bug
- Genus Tenebrio
- Genus Tribolium
- Tribolium confusum
Flour Beetle
- Genus Bolitotherus
- Bolitotherus cornutus
Forked Fungus Beetle
- Family Alleculidae (100 species)
Comb-clawed Beetle
- Family Monommidae (100 species)
- Family Zopheridae
- Family Elacatidae
False Tiger Beetle
- Genus Othnius
- Genus Eurystethus
- Family Boridae
- Family Inopeplidae (1 genus)
- Family Salpingidae
Narrow-waisted Bark Beetle
- Genus Salpingus
- Genus Lissodema
- Family Cononotidae
- Family Mycteridae
- Family Hemipeplidae
- Family Trichtenotomidae (12 species)
- Family Pythidae
- Family Pyrochroidae (100 species)
Fire-coloured Beetle
- Family Tetratomidae
- Family Melandryidae (400 species)
False Darkling Beetle
- Genus Penthe
- Genus Osphya
- Family Scraptiidae (200 species)
- Family Mordellidae (650 species)
Tumbling Flower Beetle
- Family Rhipiphoridae (400 species)
Wedge-shaped Beetle
- Genus Pelecotoma
- Genus Metoecus
- Family Cephaloidae (11 species)
False Longhorn Beetle
- Family Meloidae (2,000 species)
- Genus Lytta
- Lytta vesicatoria
Spanish Fly
- Genus Epicauta
- Genus Mylabris
- Genus Sitaris
- Genus Meloe
Oil Beetle
- Family Oedemeridae (600 species)
False Tiger Beetle
- Family Aderidae (350 species)
Antlike Leaf Beetle
- Family Anthicidae (1,000 species)
Antlike Flower Beetle
- Genus Anthicus
- Genus Notoxus
- Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (3 families)
- Superfamily Curculionoidea (11 families)
- Family Anthribidae (2,400 species)
Fungus Weevil
- Genus Brachytarsus
- Genus Araecerus
- Araecerus fasciculatus
Coffee Bean Weevil
- Family Nemonychidae
Pine-flower Snout Beetle
- Family Belidae
- Family Oxycorynidae
- Genus Oxycorynus
- Genus Metrioxena
- Genus Allocorynus
- Family Aglycyderidae (200 species)
Proterrhinidae
- Genus Proterrhinus
- Genus Aglycyderes
- Family Attelabidae
Leaf-rolling Weevil
- Genus Apoderus
- Genus Rhynchites
- Family Brenthidae (1,700 species)
- Family Apionidae
- Family Curculionidae (30,000-40,000 species)
Weevil
- Genus Anthonomus
Cotton Boll or Apple Blossom Weevil
- Anthonomus grandis
Boll Weevil
- Genus Calandra
Granary or Rice Weevil
- Genus Sitona
- Genus Sitophilus
- Sitophilus granarius
Grain Weevil
- Family Scolytidae (+2,000 species)
Bark Beetle
- Genus Scolytus
Elm Bark Beetle
- Genus Ips
- Genus Dendroctonus
- Genus Hylastinus
- Genus Hylurgopinus
- Family Platypodidae
Pin-hole Borer or Flat-footed Ambrosia Beetle
- Suborder Myxophaga (4 families)
- Family Calyptomeridae
- Family Lepiceridae
- Family Sphaeriidae (1 genus, 4 species)
Minute Bog Beetle
- Family Hydroscaphidae
Skiff Beetle
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