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The extraordinary number of species of beetle poses special problems for classification, with some families consisting of thousands of species and needing further division into subfamilies and tribes. Subfamilies and tribes, and synonyms, are only shown here to preserve entries from the previous edit of this table.ORDER COLEOPTERA
- Suborder Archostemata Kolbe 1908
- Suborder Myxophaga Crowson 1955
- Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg 1806
- Rhysodidae Laporte 1840 ( wrinkled bark beetles)
- Carabidae Latreille 1802 ( ground beetlesee article, hundreds in 14 Subfamilies The ground beetles are a large family Carabidae of common and widespread beetles. The family is among the largest of the animal kingdom, with about 40,000 species and considerable variation among them. Common featurs)
- Cicindelinae or Cicindelidae Latreille 1802 ( tiger beetleThe tiger beetles are a large group of beetles known for their predatory habits. Taxonomically, the beetles are classed as either the family Cicindelidae or the subfamily Cicindelinae of the Carabidae ( ground beetles). There are about 2,100 species knowns)
- Paussidae or Paussinae Latreille 1807
- Gyrinidae Latreille 1802 ( whirligig beetleThe whirligig beetles are a family Gyrinidae 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 divided eyes which can ses)
- Haliplidae Aube 1836 ( crawling water beetleThe crawling water beetles are a family Haliplidae of water beetles who swim poorly using an alternate motion of the legs, and therefore prefer to get around by crawling. The family consists of about 200 species in 5 genera, distributed worldwide. These bs)
- Trachypachidae C.G. Thomson 1857 ( false ground beetles)
- Noteridae C.G. Thomson 1860 ( burrowing water beetles)
- Amphizoidae LeConte 1853 ( trout-stream beetles)
- Hygrobiidae Régimbart 1878 (1837)
- Dytiscidae Leach 1815 ( predacious diving beetles)
- Suborder Polyphaga Emery 1886
- Series Staphyliniformia Lameere 1900
- Superfamily Hydrophiloidea Latreille 1802
- Hydrophilidae Latreille 1802 ( water scavenger beetles)
- Georyssinae or Georyssidae Laporte 1840
- Superfamily Histeroidea Gyllenhal 1808
- Sphaeritidae Schuckard 1839 ( false clown beetles)
- Synteliidae Lewis 1882
- Histeridae Gyllenhal 1808 ( clown beetles)
- Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille 1802
- Ptiliidae Erichson 1845 (feather-winged beetles)
- Cephaloplectinae or Limulodidae Sharp 1883 ( horse-shoe crab beetle s)
- Silphidae Latreille 1807 ( carrion beetles)
- Scydmaenidae Leach 1815 ( antlike stone beetles)
- Staphylinidae Latreille 1802 ( rove beetles)
- Scaphidiinae or Scaphidiidae Latreille 1807
- Pselaphinae or Pselaphidae Latreille 1802
- Hydraenidae Mulsant 1844
- Agyrtidae C.G. Thomson 1859
- Leiodidae Fleming 1821 ( round fungus beetle s) = (Anisotomidae)
- Platypsyllinae Ritsema 1869 or Leptinidae
- Series Scarabaeiformia Crowson 1960
- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille 1802
- Lucanidae Latreille 1804 ( stag beetles)
- Diphyllostomatidae Holloway 1972 ( false stag beetles)
- Passalidae Leach 1815 ( bess beetles)
- Glaresidae Semenov-Tian-Shanskii and Medvedev 1932 ( enigmatic scarab beetles)
- Trogidae MacLeay 1819 ( skin beetles)
- Pleocomidae LeConte 1861 ( rain beetle s)
- Geotrupidae Latreille 1802 ( earth-boring dung beetle s)
- Bolboceratidae Laporte de Castelnau 1840
- Belohinidae Paulian 1959
- Ochodaeidae Mulsant and Rey 1871 ( ochodaeid scarab beetle s)
- Hybosoridae Erichson 1847 ( hybosorid scarab beetle s)
- Ceratocanthidae White 1842 (= Acanthoceridae)
- Glaphyridae MacLeay 1819 ( bumble bee scarab beetle s)
- Scarabaeidae Latreille 1802 ( scarab beetles)
- Series Elateriformia Crowson 1960
- Podabrocephalidae Pic 1930
- Rhinorhipidae Lawrence 1988
- Superfamily Scirtoidea Fleming 1821
- Decliniidae Nikitsky et al 1994
- Eucinetidae Lacordaire 1857 ( plate-thigh beetles)
- Clambidae Fischer 1821 ( minute beetle s)
- Scirtidae Fleming 1821 ( marsh beetle s) (= Helodidae)
- Superfamily Dascilloidea Guerin-Meneville 1843
- Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville 1843 (1834) ( soft-bodied plant beetle s)
- Rhipiceridae Latreille 1834 ( cicada parasite beetle s)
- Superfamily Buprestoidea Leach 1815
- Schizopodidae LeConte 1861
- Buprestidae Leach 1815 ( metallic wood-boring beetles)
- Superfamily Byrrhoidea Latreille 1804
- Byrrhidae Latreille 1804 ( pill beetle s)
- Elmidae Curtis 1830 ( riffle beetle s)
- Dryopidae Billberg 1820 ( long-toed water beetle s)
- Lutrochidae Kasap and Crowson 1975 ( robust marsh-loving beetles)
- Limnichidae Erichson 1846 ( minute marsh-loving beetle s)
- Heteroceridae MacLeay 1825 ( variegated marsh-loving beetle s)
- Psephenidae Lacordaire 1854 ( water penny beetle s)
- Cneoglossidae Champion 1897
- Ptilodactylidae Laporte 1836 ( toe-winged beetle s)
- Chelonariidae Blanchard 1845 ( turtle beetle s)
- Eulichadidae Crowson 1973
- Callirhipidae Emden 1924 ( cedar beetle s)
- Superfamily Elateroidea Leach 1815
- Artematopodidae Lacordaire 1857 ( soft-bodied plant beetle s) = (Eurypogonidae)
- Brachypsectridae Leconte and Horn 1883 ( Texas beetle s)
- Cerophytidae Latreille 1834 ( rare click beetle s)
- Eucnemidae Eschscholtz 1829 ( false click beetle s)
- Throscidae Laporte 1840 ( false metallic wood-boring beetle s) = (Trixagidae)
- Elateridae Leach 1815 ( click beetles)
- Cebrioninae or Cebrionidae Latreille 1802
- Plastoceridae Crowson 1972
- Drilidae Blanchard 1845
- Omalisidae Lacordaire 1857
- Lycidae Laporte 1836 ( net-winged beetle s)
- Telegeusidae Leng 1920 ( long-lipped beetle s)
- Phengodidae LeConte 1861 ( glowworm beetles)
- Lampyridae Latreille 1817 ( firefly beetles)
- Omethidae LeConte 1861 ( false firefly beetle s)
- Cantharidae Imhoff 1856 ( soldier beetles)
- Series Bostrichiformia Forbes 1826
- Jacobsoniidae Heller 1926 ( Jacobson's beetle s)
- Superfamily Derodontoidea LeConte 1861
- Derodontidae LeConte 1861 ( tooth-necked fungus beetle s)
- Superfamily Bostrichoidea Latreille 1802
- Nosodendridae Erichson 1846 ( wounded-tree beetle s)
- Dermestidae Latreille 1804 ( skin and larder beetle s)
- Thorictinae or Thorictidae Agassiz 1846
- Bostrichidae Latreille 1802 ( horned powder-post beetle s)
- Lyctinae or Lyctidae Billberg 1820 ( Powder Post Beetle )
- Endecatominae or Endecatomidae LeConte 1861
- Anobiidae Fleming 1821 ( death-watch beetle s)
- Ptinidae or Ptininae Latreille 1802
- Series Cucujiformia Lameere 1938
- Superfamily Lymexyloidea Fleming 1821
- Lymexylidae Fleming 1821 ( ship-timber beetle s)
- Superfamily Cleroidea Latreille 1802
- Phloiophilidae Kiesenwetter 1863
- Trogossitidae Latreille 1802 ( bark-gnawing beetle s)
- Chaerosomatidae Crowson 1952
- Cleridae Latreille 1802 ( checkered beetle s)
- Acanthocnemidae Crowson 1964
- Phycosecidae Crowson 1952
- Prionoceridae Lacordaire 1857
- Melyridae Leach 1815 ( soft-winged flower beetle s)
- Superfamily Cucujoidea Latreille 1802
- Protocucujidae Crowson 1954
- Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val 1860 ( dry-fungus beetle s)
- Kateretidae Erichson in Agassiz 1846 ( short-winged flower beetle s) (= Brachypteridae. ICZN Op. 1916, 1999).
- Nitidulidae Latreille 1802 ( sap-feeding beetle s)
- Smicripidae Horn 1879 ( palmetto beetle s)
- Monotomidae Laporte 1840 ( root-eating beetle s)
- Rhizophaginae or Rhizophagidae Redtenbacher 1845
- Boganiidae Sen Gupta and Crowson 1966
- Helotidae Reitter 1876
- Phloeostichidae Reitter 1911
- Silvanidae Kirby 1937 ( silvanid flat bark beetle s)
- Passandridae Erichson 1845 ( parasitic flat bark beetle s)
- Cucujidae Latreille 1802 ( flat bark beetles)
- Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer 1899 ( lined flat bark beetle s)
- Propalticidae Crowson 1952
- Phalacridae Leach 1815 ( shining flower beetles)
- Hobartiidae Sen Gupta and Crowson 1966
- Cavognathidae Sen Gupta and Crowson 1966
- Cryptophagidae Kirby 1937 ( silken fungus beetle s)
- Lamingtoniidae Sen Gupta and Crowson 1966
- Languriidae Crotch 1873 ( lizard beetle s)
- Erotylidae Latreille 1802 ( pleasing fungus beetle s)
- Byturidae Jacquelin du Val 1858 ( fruitworm beetle s)
- Biphyllidae LeConte 1861 ( false skin beetle s)
- Bothrideridae Erichson 1845 ( dry bark beetle s)
- Cerylonidae Billberg 1820 ( minute bark beetle s)
- Alexiidae Imhoff 1856
- Discolomatidae Horn 1878
- Endomychidae Leach 1815 ( handsome fungus beetle s)
- Merophysiinae or Merophysiidae Seidlitz, 1872
- Coccinellidae Latreille 1807 ( ladybird beetles)
- Corylophidae LeConte 1852 ( minute fungus beetle s)
- Latridiidae Erichson 1842 ( minute brown scavenger beetle s)
- Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Latreille 1802
- Mycetophagidae Leach 1815 ( hairy fungus beetle s)
- Archeocrypticidae Kaszab 1964
- Pterogeniidae Crowson 1953
- Ciidae Leach 1819 ( minute tree-fungus beetle s) (= Cisidae)
- Tetratomidae Billberg 1820 ( polypore fungus beetle s)
- Melandryidae Leach 1815 ( false darkling beetle s)
- Mordellidae Latreille 1802 ( tumbling flower beetle s)
- Rhiphiphoridae Gemminger and Harold 1870 ( wedge-shaped beetle s)
- Colydiidae Erichson 1842 ( cylindrical bark beetle s)
- Monommatidae Blanchard 1845 ( opossum beetle s)
- Zopheridae Solier 1834 ( ironclad beetle s)
- Ulodidae Pascoe 1869
- Perimylopidae St. George 1939
- Chalcodryidae Watt 1974
- Trachelostenidae Lacordaire 1859
- Tenebrionidae Latreille 1802 ( darkling beetles)
- Tribolium Herbst 1797 ( flour beetle s) (figure to right)
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- Alleculinae or Alleculidae Laporte 1840
- Lagriinae or Lagriidae Latreille 1825
- Nilionini or Nilionidae Lacordaire 1859
- Petriini or Petriidae
- Prostomidae C. G. Thomson 1859 ( jugular-horned beetle s)
- Synchroidae Lacordaire 1859
- Oedemeridae Latreille 1810 ( pollen-feeding beetle s)
- Stenotrachelidae C. G. Thomson 1859 ( false long-horned beetle s)
- Cephaloinae or Cephaloidae LeConte 1852
- Meloidae Gyllenhal 1810 ( blister beetle s)
- Mycteridae Blanchard 1845 ( palm and flower beetle s)
- Hemipeplinae or Hemipeplidae Lacordaire, 1854
- Boridae C. G. Thomson 1859 ( conifer bark beetle s)
- Trictenotomidae Blanchard 1845
- Pythidae Solier 1834 ( dead log bark beetle s)
- Pyrochroidae Latreille 1807 ( fire-colored beetle s)
- Cononotini or Cononotidae
- Pedilinae or Pedilidae Lacordaire 1859
- Salpingidae Leach 1815 ( narrow-waisted bark beetle s)
- Elacatini or Elacatidae
- Inopeplinae or Inopeplidae Grouvelle 1908
- Anthicidae Latreille 1819 ( antlike flower beetles)
- Aderidae Winkler 1927 ( antlike leaf beetle s)
- Scraptiidae Mulsant 1856 ( false flower beetle s)
- Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille 1802
- Cerambycidae Latreille 1802 ( long-horned beetles)
- Bruchidae Latreille 1802 ( pea and bean weevil s)
- Megalopodidae Latreille 1802
- Orsodacnidae C. G. Thomson 1869
- Chrysomelidae Latreille 1802 ( leaf beetles)
- Superfamily Curculionoidea Latreille 1802
- Nemonychidae Bedel 1882 ( pine-flower snout beetle s)
- Anthribidae Billberg 1820 ( fungus weevil s)
- Belidae Schönherr 1826 ( primitive weevil s)
- Oxycoryninae or Oxycorynidae Schönherr 1840
- Aglycyderinae or Aglycyderidae Wollaston 1864
- Attelabidae Billberg 1820 ( tooth-nosed snout beetle s)
- Brentidae Billberg 1820 ( straight-snouted weevil s)
- Apioninae or Apionidae Schönherr, 1823
- Caridae Thompson 1992
- Ithyceridae Schönherr 1823 ( New York weevils)
- Curculionidae Latreille 1802 ( snout beetles and true weevils)
- Scolytinae or Scolytidae Latreille 1807 (typical bark beetle s)
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