List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera
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This article classifies the subgroups of the order Coleoptera (beetles) 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 (beetles)
- Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806
- Amphizoidae LeConte, 1853
- Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (ground beetles)
- Cicindelinae, formerly Cicindelidae Latreille, 1802 (tiger beetles)
- Paussinae, formerly Paussidae Latreille, 1807
- Dytiscidae Leach, 1815
Dytiscus latissimus, in the Dytiscidae
- Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802 (whirligig beetles)
- Haliplidae Aube, 1836
- Hygrobiidae Régimbart, 1878
- Noteridae C.G. Thomson, 1860
- Rhysodidae Laporte, 1840
- Trachypachidae C.G. Thomson, 1857
- Suborder Archostemata Kolbe, 1908
- Crowsoniellidae Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983
- Cupedidae Laporte, 1836
- Micromalthidae Barber, 1983 (telephone-pole beetle)
- Ommatidae Sharp and Muir, 1912
- Suborder Myxophaga Crowson, 1955
- Hydroscaphidae LeConte, 1874
- Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936
- Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845 (=Microsporidae: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57(3):, 182-184.)
- Torridincolidae Steffan, 1964
- Suborder Polyphaga Emery, 1886
- Infraorder Bostrichiformia Forbes, 1926
- Superfamily Bostrichoidea Latreille, 1802
- Anobiidae Fleming, 1821
- Ptininae, formerly Ptinidae Latreille, 1802
- Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802
- Lyctinae, formerly Lyctidae Billberg, 1820
- Endecatominae, formerly Endecatomidae LeConte, 1861
- Dermestidae Latreille, 1804
Anthrenus verbasci, in the Dermestidae- Thorictinae, formerly Thorictidae Agassiz, 1846
- Jacobsoniidae Heller, 1926
- Nosodendridae Erichson, 1846
- Anobiidae Fleming, 1821
- Superfamily Derodontoidea LeConte, 1861
- Derodontidae LeConte, 1861
- Superfamily Bostrichoidea Latreille, 1802
- Infraorder Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938
- Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802
- Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802 (longhorn beetles)
- Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802 (leaf beetles)
- Cassidini, formerly Cassidinae
- Bruchinae, formerly Bruchidae Latreille, 1802
- Megalopodidae Latreille, 1802
- Orsodacnidae C. G. Thomson, 1869
- Superfamily Cleroidea Latreille, 1802
- Acanthocnemidae Crowson, 1964
- Chaerosomatidae Crowson, 1952
- Cleridae Latreille, 1802
- Melyridae Leach, 1815
- Phloiophilidae Kiesenwetter, 1863
- Phycosecidae Crowson, 1952
- Prionoceridae Lacordaire, 1857
- Trogossitidae Latreille, 1802
- Superfamily Cucujoidea Latreille, 1802
- Alexiidae Imhoff, 1856
- Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861
- Boganiidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966
- Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845
- Byturidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858
- Cavognathidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966
- Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820
- Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807 (ladybirds or lady beetles)
Asian multicolored lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis - Corylophidae LeConte, 1852
- Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1937
- Cucujidae Latreille, 1802
- Discolomatidae Horn, 1878
- Endomychidae Leach, 1815
- Merophysiinae, formerly Merophysiidae Seidlitz, 1872
- Erotylidae Latreille, 1802
- Helotidae Reitter, 1876
- Hobartiidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966
- Kateretidae Erichson in Agassiz, 1846 (=Brachypteridae. ICZN Op., 1916, 1999).
- Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer, 1899
- Lamingtoniidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966
- Languriidae Crotch , 1873
- Latridiidae Erichson, 1842
- Monotomidae Laporte, 1840
- Rhizophaginae, formerly Rhizophagidae Redtenbacher, 1845
- Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802
- Passandridae Erichson, 1845
- Phalacridae Leach, 1815
- Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911
- Propalticidae Crowson, 1952
- Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954
- Silvanidae Kirby, 1937
- Smicripidae Horn, 1879
- Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1860
- Superfamily Curculionoidea Latreille, 1802
- Anthribidae Billberg, 1820
- Attelabidae Billberg, 1820
- Belidae Schönherr, 1826
- Aglycyderinae, formerly Aglycyderidae Wollaston, 1864
- Oxycoryninae, formerly Oxycorynidae Schönherr, 1840
- Brentidae Billberg, 1820
- Apioninae, formerly Apionidae Schönherr, 1823
- Caridae Thompson, 1992
- Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 (snout beetles and true weevils)
Citrus root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus- Scolytinae, formerly Scolytidae Latreille, 1807
- Ithyceridae Schönherr, 1823 (New York weevil)
- Nemonychidae Bedel, 1882
- Superfamily Lymexyloidea Fleming, 1821
- Lymexylidae Fleming, 1821
- Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802
- Aderidae Winkler, 1927
- Anthicidae Latreille, 1819
- Archeocrypticidae Kaszab, 1964
- Boridae C. G. Thomson, 1859
- Chalcodryidae Watt, 1974
- Ciidae Leach, 1819 (=Cisidae)
- Melandryidae Leach, 1815
- Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (blister beetles)
Lytta magister, in the Meloidae - Mordellidae Latreille, 1802
- Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815
- Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845 (palm beetles and flower beetles)
- Hemipeplinae, formerly Hemipeplidae Lacordaire, 1854
- Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810
- Perimylopidae St. George, 1939
- Prostomidae C. G. Thomson, 1859
- Pterogeniidae Crowson, 1953
- Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1807
- Cononotini or Cononotidae
- Pedilinae, formerly Pedilidae Lacordaire, 1859
- Pythidae Solier, 1834
- Ripiphoridae Gemminger and Harold, 1870 formerly Rhipiphoridae
- Salpingidae Leach, 1815
- Elacatini or Elacatidae
- Inopeplinae, formerly Inopeplidae Grouvelle, 1908
- Scraptiidae Mulsant, 1856
- Stenotrachelidae C. G. Thomson, 1859
- Cephaloinae, formerly Cephaloidae LeConte, 1852
- Synchroidae Lacordaire, 1859
- Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (darkling beetles)
Heliotautus ruficollis, a darkling beetle- Alleculinae, formerly Alleculidae Laporte, 1840
- Lagriinae, formerly Lagriidae Latreille, 1825
- Nilionini or Nilionidae Lacordaire, 1859
- Petriini or Petriidae
- Tetratomidae Billberg, 1820
- Trachelostenidae Lacordaire, 1859
- Trictenotomidae Blanchard, 1845
- Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869
- Zopheridae Solier, 1834
- Colydiinae or Colydiini, formerly Colydiidae Erichson, 1842
- Monommatinae or Monommatini, formerly Monommatidae or Monommidae Blanchard, 1845
- Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802
- Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
- Superfamily Buprestoidea Leach, 1815
- Buprestidae Leach, 1815
- Schizopodidae LeConte, 1861
- Buprestidae Leach, 1815
- Superfamily Byrrhoidea Latreille, 1804
- Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804
- Callirhipidae Emden, 1924
- Chelonariidae Blanchard, 1845
- Cneoglossidae Champion, 1897
- Dryopidae Billberg, 1820
- Elmidae Curtis, 1830
- Eulichadidae Crowson, 1973
- Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825
- Limnichidae Erichson, 1846
- Lutrochidae Kasap and Crowson, 1975
- Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854
- Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836
- Superfamily Dascilloidea Guerin-Meneville, 1843
- Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834)
- Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834
- Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815
- Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857 (=Eurypogonidae)
- Brachypsectridae Leconte and Horn, 1883
- Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856
- Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834
- Drilidae Blanchard, 1845
- Elateridae Leach, 1815 (click beetles)
Alaus murina, a click beetle- Cebrioninae, formerly Cebrionidae Latreille, 1802
- Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829
- Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 (fireflies)
- Lycidae Laporte, 1836
- Omalisidae Lacordaire, 1857
- Omethidae LeConte, 1861
- Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 (glowworms)
- Plastoceridae Crowson, 1972
- Podabrocephalidae Pic, 1930
- Rhinorhipidae Lawrence, 1988
- Telegeusidae Leng, 1920
- Throscidae Laporte, 1840 (=Trixagidae)
- Superfamily Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821
- Clambidae Fischer, 1821
- Decliniidae Nikitsky et al, 1994
- Eucinetidae Lacordaire, 1857
- Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 (=Helodidae)
- Superfamily Buprestoidea Leach, 1815
- Infraorder Scarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960
- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802
- Belohinidae Paulian, 1959
- Bolboceratidae Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
- Ceratocanthidae White, 1842 (= Acanthoceridae)
- Diphyllostomatidae Holloway, 1972
- Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802
- Glaphyridae MacLeay, 1819
- Glaresidae Semenov-Tian-Shanskii and Medvedev, 1932
- Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847
- Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 (stag beetles)
Lucanus cervus, a stag beetle - Ochodaeidae Mulsant and Rey, 1871
- Passalidae Leach, 1815
- Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861
- Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802
- Dynastinae, formerly Dynastidae MacLeay, 1819 (rhinoceros beetles)
- Trogidae MacLeay, 1819
- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802
- Infraorder Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900
- Superfamily Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802
- Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808
- Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802
- Georyssinae, formerly Georyssidae Laporte, 1840
- Sphaeritidae Schuckard, 1839
- Synteliidae Lewis, 1882
- Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802
- Agyrtidae C.G. Thomson, 1859
- Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844
- Leiodidae Fleming, 1821 (=Anisotomidae)
- Platypsyllinae Ritsema, 1869 or Leptinidae
- Ptiliidae Erichson, 1845
- Cephaloplectinae, formerly Limulodidae Sharp, 1883
- Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815
- Silphidae Latreille, 1807
- Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802 (rove beetles)
- Scaphidiinae, formerly Scaphidiidae Latreille, 1807
- Pselaphinae, formerly Pselaphidae Latreille, 1802
- Superfamily Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802
- Infraorder Bostrichiformia Forbes, 1926
[edit] References
- Lawrence, J.F., Newton, A.F. Jr. (1995) Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references, and data on family-group names), pp. 779-1006. In: Pakaluk, J., Slipinski, S.A. (eds.), Biology, phylogeny, and classification of Coleoptera: Papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa.
- Ross H. Arnett, Jr. and Michael C. Thomas, American Beetles (CRC Press, 2001–2002)
