ENY 3005 Families of Coleoptera

Order Coleoptera Pronunciation: coe-lee-OP-ter-ra  Common name: beetles

Order Coleoptera -- Beetles

Suborder Adephaga
Superfamily Caraboidea
• Cicindelidae -- tiger beetles
• Carabidae -- ground beetles
• Dytiscidae -- predaceous diving beetles
Superfamily Gyrinoidea
• Gyrinidae -- whirligig beetles
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
• Hydrophilidae -- water scavenger beetles
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
• Silphidae -- carrion beetles
• Staphylinidae -- rove beetles
Superfamily Cantharoidea
• Cantharidae -- soldier beetles
• Lampyridae -- lightningbugs or fireflies
Superfamily Cleroidea
• Cleridae -- checkered beetles  [image]
• Dermestidae

-- furniture carpet beetle, Anthrenus flavipes
-- black carpet beetle, Attagenus unicolor
Superfamily Elateroidea
• Elateridae -- click beetles
• Buprestidae -- metallic wood-boring beetles
Superfamily Dascilloidea
Superfamily Dryopoidea
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Superfamily Cucujoidea
• Coccinellidae -- ladybird beetles
Superfamily Meloidea
• Meloidae -- blister beetles
Superfamily Mordelloidea
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
• Tenebrionidae -- darkling beetles
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
• Passalidae -- bessbugs
• Scarabaeidae -- scarab beetles, June beetles, dung beetles
Superfamily Cerambycoidea
• Cerambycidae -- long-horned beetles
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea
• Chrysomelidae -- leaf beetles, flea beetles, rootworms
Superfamily Curculionoidea
• Curculionidae -- weevils or snout beetles
• Scolytidae -- bark beetles, pine bark beetles

• Pages 146-206 and plates 5-8 in D. J. Borror and R. E. White. 1970. A Field Guide the to Insects. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
• R. E. White. 1983. A Field Guide to Beetles of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 368 p.
• J. H. Epler. 1996. Identification manual for the water beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Dryopidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydraenidae, Hydrophilidae, Noteridae, Psephenidae, Ptilodactylidae, Scirtidae). (9.0 MB pdf file available from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection).
• Pages 370-478 in D. J. Borror, C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. 1989. An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders College Publishing. 875 p.
• Pages 175-237 in R. G. Bland and H. E. Jaques. 1978. How to Know the Insects, 3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. 409 p.
• Pages 454-483 in H. V. Daly, J. T. Doyen, and A. H. Purcell III. 1998. Introduction to Insect Biology and Diversity, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 680 p.

Links to other web sites

• Coleoptera - Gordon's Insect World
• Water Beetle World - the newsletter for aquatic Coleoptera workers
• Coleoptera -- Aquatic Insects of Montana
• Quaternary Fossil Coleoptera (Beetle) Studies
• Featured Creatures - Links to the Coleoptera portion of U. F. Featured Creatures
• Checklist of Beetles of Florida - Introduction
• Checklist of Beetles of Florida - Family List