- List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera
This article classifies the subgroups of the order Coleoptera (
beetle s) 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 (beetle s)
* SuborderAdephaga Schellenberg, 1806
**Amphizoidae LeConte, 1853
** Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (ground beetles)
*** Cicindelinae, formerlyCicindelidae Latreille, 1802 (tiger beetles)
***Paussinae , formerlyPaussidae Latreille, 1807
**Dytiscidae Leach, 1815
** Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802 (whirligig beetles)
**Haliplidae Aube, 1836
**Hygrobiidae Régimbart, 1878
**Noteridae C.G. Thomson, 1860
**Rhysodidae Laporte, 1840
**Trachypachidae C.G. Thomson, 1857
* SuborderArchostemata Kolbe, 1908
**Crowsoniellidae Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983
**Cupedidae Laporte, 1836
**Jurodidae Ponomarenko, 1985
** Micromalthidae Barber, 1983 (telephone-pole beetle)
**Ommatidae Sharp and Muir, 1912
* SuborderMyxophaga Crowson, 1955
**Hydroscaphidae LeConte, 1874
**Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936
**Sphaerius idae Erichson, 1845 (=Microsporidae: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57(3):, 182-184.)
**Torridincolidae Steffan, 1964
* SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886
** InfraorderBostrichiformia Forbes, 1926
*** SuperfamilyBostrichoidea Latreille, 1802
****Anobiidae Fleming, 1821
*****Ptininae , formerlyPtinidae Latreille, 1802
****Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802
*****Lyctinae , formerlyLyctidae Billberg, 1820
*****Endecatominae , formerlyEndecatomidae LeConte, 1861
****Dermestidae Latreille, 1804
*****Thorictinae , formerlyThorictidae Agassiz, 1846
****Jacobsoniidae Heller, 1926
****Nosodendridae Erichson, 1846
*** SuperfamilyDerodontoidea LeConte, 1861
****Derodontidae LeConte, 1861
** InfraorderCucujiformia Lameere, 1938
*** SuperfamilyChrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802
**** Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802 (longhorn beetles)
**** Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802 (leaf beetles) - includes Bruchidae and Cassidae
****Megalopodidae Latreille, 1802
****Orsodacnidae C. G. Thomson, 1869
*** SuperfamilyCleroidea Latreille, 1802
****Acanthocnemidae Crowson, 1964
****Chaetosomatidae Crowson, 1952
****Cleridae Latreille, 1802
****Melyridae Leach, 1815
****Phloiophilidae Kiesenwetter, 1863
****Phycosecidae Crowson, 1952
****Prionoceridae Lacordaire, 1857
****Trogossitidae Latreille, 1802
*** SuperfamilyCucujoidea 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)
****Corylophidae LeConte, 1852
****Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1937
****Cucujidae Latreille, 1802
****Discolomatidae Horn, 1878
****Endomychidae Leach, 1815
*****Merophysiinae , formerlyMerophysiidae 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 , formerlyRhizophagidae 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
*** SuperfamilyCurculionoidea Latreille, 1802
****Anthribidae Billberg, 1820
****Attelabidae Billberg, 1820
****Belidae Schönherr, 1826
*****Aglycyderinae , formerlyAglycyderidae Wollaston, 1864
*****Oxycoryninae , formerlyOxycorynidae Schönherr, 1840
****Brentidae Billberg, 1820
*****Apioninae , formerlyApionidae Schönherr, 1823
****Caridae Thompson, 1992
****Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 (snout beetle s andtrue weevil s)
*****Scolytinae , formerlyScolytidae Latreille, 1807
****Ithyceridae Schönherr, 1823 (New York weevil )
****Nemonychidae Bedel, 1882
*** SuperfamilyLymexyloidea Fleming, 1821
****Lymexylidae Fleming, 1821
*** SuperfamilyTenebrionoidea 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)
****Mordellidae Latreille, 1802
****Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815
****Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845 (palm beetle s andflower beetle s)
*****Hemipeplinae , formerlyHemipeplidae Lacordaire, 1854
****Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810
****Perimylopidae St. George, 1939
****Prostomidae C. G. Thomson, 1859
****Pterogeniidae Crowson, 1953
****Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1807
*****Cononotini orCononotidae
*****Pedilinae , formerlyPedilidae Lacordaire, 1859
****Pythidae Solier, 1834
****Ripiphoridae Gemminger and Harold, 1870 formerly Rhipiphoridae
****Salpingidae Leach, 1815
*****Elacatini orElacatidae
*****Inopeplinae , formerlyInopeplidae Grouvelle, 1908
****Scraptiidae Mulsant, 1856
****Stenotrachelidae C. G. Thomson, 1859
*****Cephaloinae , formerlyCephaloidae LeConte, 1852
****Synchroidae Lacordaire, 1859
**** Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (darkling beetles)
*****Alleculinae , formerlyAlleculidae Laporte, 1840
*****Lagriinae , formerlyLagriidae Latreille, 1825
*****Nilionini orNilionidae Lacordaire, 1859
*****Petriini orPetriidae
****Tetratomidae Billberg, 1820
****Trachelostenidae Lacordaire, 1859
****Trictenotomidae Blanchard, 1845
****Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869
****Zopheridae Solier, 1834
*****Colydiinae orColydiini , formerlyColydiidae Erichson, 1842
*****Monommatinae orMonommatini , formerlyMonommatidae orMonommidae Blanchard, 1845
** InfraorderElateriformia Crowson, 1960
*** SuperfamilyBuprestoidea Leach, 1815
****Buprestidae Leach, 1815
****Schizopodidae LeConte, 1861
*** SuperfamilyByrrhoidea 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
*** SuperfamilyDascilloidea Guerin-Meneville, 1843
****Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834)
****Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834
*** SuperfamilyElateroidea 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)
*****Cebrioninae , formerlyCebrionidae 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)
*** SuperfamilyScirtoidea Fleming, 1821
****Clambidae Fischer, 1821
****Decliniidae Nikitsky et al, 1994
****Eucinetidae Lacordaire, 1857
****Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 (=Helodidae)
** InfraorderScarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960
*** SuperfamilyScarabaeoidea 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)
****Ochodaeidae Mulsant and Rey, 1871
****Passalidae Leach, 1815
****Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861
****Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802
*****Dynastinae , formerlyDynastidae MacLeay, 1819 (rhinoceros beetle s)
****Trogidae MacLeay, 1819
** InfraorderStaphyliniformia Lameere, 1900
*** SuperfamilyHydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802
****Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808
****Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802
*****Georyssinae , formerlyGeoryssidae Laporte, 1840
****Sphaeritidae Schuckard, 1839
****Synteliidae Lewis, 1882
*** SuperfamilyStaphylinoidea Latreille, 1802
****Agyrtidae C.G. Thomson, 1859
****Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844
****Leiodidae Fleming, 1821 (=Anisotomidae)
*****Platypsyllinae Ritsema, 1869 orLeptinidae
****Ptiliidae Erichson, 1845
*****Cephaloplectinae , formerlyLimulodidae Sharp, 1883
****Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815
****Silphidae Latreille, 1807
**** Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802 (rove beetles)
*****Scaphidiinae , formerlyScaphidiidae Latreille, 1807
*****Pselaphinae , formerlyPselaphidae Latreille, 1802References
* 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. andMichael C. Thomas , "American Beetles " (CRC Press , 2001–2002)
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