List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera

This article classifies the subgroups of the order Coleoptera (beetles) down to the level of families, following the system in "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)", Bouchard, et. al. (2011)^[1], with common names from bugguide.net.^[2]

Order Coleoptera
- Suborder †Protocoleoptera
  - Superfamily †Tshekardocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1944
    - Family †Tshekardocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1944
    - Family †Labradorocoleidae Ponomarenko, 1969
    - Family †Oborocoleidae Kukalová, 1969
  - Superfamily †Permocupedoidea Martynov, 1933
    - Family †Permocupedidae Martynov, 1933
    - Family †Taldycupedidae Rohdendorf, 1961
  - Superfamily †Permosynoidea Tillyard, 1924
    - Family †Ademosynidae Ponomarenko, 1968
    - Family †Permosynidae Tillyard, 1924
- Suborder Archostemata
  - - Family Crowsoniellidae Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983
    - Family Cupedidae Laporte, 1836
    - Family Micromalthidae Barber, 1913 (telephone-pole beetle)
      Micromalthus debilis
    - Family Ommatidae Sharp and Muir, 1912
    - Family Jurodidae Ponomarenko, 1985
    - Family †Triadocupedidae Ponomarenko, 1966
    - Family †Magnocoleidae Hong, 1998
    - Family †Obrieniidae Zherikhin and Gratshev, 1994
- Suborder Myxophaga
  - Superfamily †Asiocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1961
    - Family †Asiocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1961
    - Family †Tricoleidae Ponomarenko, 1969
  - Superfamily †Rhombocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1961
    - Family †Rhombocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1961
  - Superfamily †Schizophoroidea Ponomarenko, 1968
    - Family †Schizophoridae Ponomarenko, 1968
    - Family †Catiniidae Ponomarenko, 1968
    - Family †Schizocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1961
  - Superfamily Lepiceroidea Hinton, 1936 (1882)
    - Family Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936 (1882)
  - Superfamily Sphaeriusoidea Erichson, 1845
    - Family Torridincolidae Steffan, 1964
    - Family Hydroscaphidae LeConte, 1874
    - Family Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845
- Suborder Adephaga
  - - Family †Tritarsidae Hong, 2002
    - Family Gyrinidae Latreille, 1810 (whirligig beetles)
    - Family Trachypachidae Thomson, 1857 (false ground beetles)
    - Family Rhysodidae Laporte, 1840
    - Family Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (ground beetles)
      Harpalus, in the Carabidae
    - Family Haliplidae Aubé, 1836 (crawling water beetles)
    - Family †Triaplidae Ponomarenko, 1977
    - Family †Colymbotethidae Ponomarenko, 1994
    - Family †Parahygrobiidae Ponomarenko, 1977
    - Family †Coptoclavidae Ponomarenko, 1961
    - Family †Liadytidae Ponomarenko, 1977
    - Family Meruidae Spangler and Steiner, 2005
    - Family Noteridae Thomson, 1860 (burrowing water beetles)
    - Family Amphizoidae LeConte, 1853
    - Family Aspidytidae Ribera, Beutel, Balke and Vogler, 2002
    - Family Hygrobiidae Régimbart, 1879 (1837)
    - Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (predaceous diving beetles)
      Dytiscus latissimus, in the Dytiscidae
- Suborder Polyphaga
  - Series Staphyliniformia
    - Superfamily Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802
      - Family Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802 (water scavenger beetles)
      - Family Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839
      - Family Synteliidae Lewis, 1882
      - Family Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808
    - Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802
      - Family Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844
      - Family Ptiliidae Erichson, 1845
      - Family Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859
      - Family Leiodidae Fleming, 1821
      - Family Silphidae Latreille, 1806
      - Family Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802 (rove beetles)
        Devil's coach horse beetle, Ocypus olens, a rove beetle
  - Series Scarabaeiformia
    - Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802
      - Family Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861 (rain beetles)
      - Family Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 (earth-boring scarab beetles)
      - Family Belohinidae Paulian, 1959
      - Family Passalidae Leach, 1815 (bess beetles)
      - Family Trogidae MacLeay, 1819 (hide beetles)
      - Family Glaresidae Kolbe, 1905
      - Family Diphyllostomatidae Holloway, 1972
      - Family Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 (stag beetles)
        Lucanus cervus, a stag beetle
      - Family Ochodaeidae Mulsant and Rey, 1871 (sand-loving scarab beetles)
      - Family Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847
      - Family Glaphyridae MacLeay, 1819 (bumble bee scarab beetles)
      - Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (scarab beetles)
      - Family †Coprinisphaeridae Genise, 2004
      - Family †Pallichnidae Genise, 2004
  - Series Elateriformia
    - Superfamily Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821
      - Family Decliniidae Nikitsky, Lawrence, Kirejtshuk and Gratshev, 1994
      - Family Eucinetidae Lacordaire, 1857
      - Family Clambidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1821
      - Family Scirtidae Fleming, 1821
      - Family †Elodophthalmidae Kirejtshuk and Azar, 2008
      - Family †Mesocinetidae Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko, 2010
    - Superfamily Dascilloidea Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834)
      - Family Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834)
      - Family Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834
    - Superfamily Buprestoidea Leach, 1815
      - Family Schizopodidae LeConte, 1859
      - Family Buprestidae Leach, 1815
        Buprestidae
    - Superfamily Byrrhoidea Latreille, 1804
      - Family Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804
      - Family Elmidae Curtis, 1830
      - Family Dryopidae Billberg, 1820 (1817)
      - Family Lutrochidae Kasap and Crowson, 1975
      - Family Limnichidae Erichson, 1846
      - Family Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825
      - Family Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854
      - Family Cneoglossidae Champion, 1897
      - Family Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836
      - Family Podabrocephalidae Pic, 1930
      - Family Chelonariidae Blanchard, 1845
      - Family Eulichadidae Crowson, 1973
      - Family Callirhipidae Emden, 1924
    - Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815
      - Family Rhinorhipidae Lawrence, 1988
      - Family Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857
      - Family Brachypsectridae LeConte and Horn, 1883
      - Family Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834
      - Family Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829
      - Family Throscidae Laporte, 1840 nomen protectum
      - Family †Praelateriidae Dolin, 1973
      - Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 (click beetles)
        Alaus murina, a click beetle
      - Family Plastoceridae Crowson, 1972
      - Family Drilidae Blanchard, 1845
      - Family Omalisidae Lacordaire, 1857
      - Family †Berendtimiridae Winkler, 1987
      - Family Lycidae Laporte, 1836
      - Family Telegeusidae Leng, 1920
      - Family Phengodidae LeConte, 1861
      - Family Rhagophthalmidae Olivier, 1907
      - Family Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 (fireflies)
      - Family Omethidae LeConte, 1861
      - Family Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 (1815) (soldier beetles)
  - Series Derodontiformia
    - Superfamily Derodontoidea LeConte, 1861
      - Family Derodontidae LeConte, 1861
      - Family Nosodendridae Erichson, 1846
      - Family Jacobsoniidae Heller, 1926
  - Series Bostrichiformia
    - Superfamily Bostrichoidea Latreille, 1802
      - Family Dermestidae Latreille, 1804 (carpet beetles)
        Anthrenus verbasci, in the Dermestidae
      - Family Endecatomidae LeConte, 1861
      - Family Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802
      - Family Ptinidae Latreille, 1802
  - Series Cucujiformia
    - Superfamily Lymexyloidea Fleming, 1821
      - Family Lymexylidae Fleming, 1821
    - Superfamily Cleroidea Latreille, 1802
      - Family Phloiophilidae Kiesenwetter, 1863
      - Family Trogossitidae Latreille, 1802
      - Family Chaetosomatidae Crowson, 1952
      - Family Metaxinidae Kolibáč, 2004
      - Family Thanerocleridae Chapin, 1924
      - Family Cleridae Latreille, 1802 (checkered beetles)
      - Family Acanthocnemidae Crowson, 1964
      - Family Phycosecidae Crowson, 1952
      - Family Prionoceridae Lacordaire, 1857
      - Family Mauroniscidae Majer, 1995
      - Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (soft-winged flower beetles)
    - Superfamily Cucujoidea Latreille, 1802
      - Family †Parandrexidae Kirejtshuk, 1994
      - Family †Sinisilvanidae Hong, 2002
      - Family Boganiidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966
      - Family Byturidae Gistel, 1848
      - Family Helotidae Chapuis, 1876
      - Family Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954
      - Family Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1860
      - Family Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861
      - Family Erotylidae Latreille, 1802
      - Family Monotomidae Laporte, 1840
      - Family Hobartiidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966
      - Family Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1826
      - Family Agapythidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969
      - Family Priasilphidae Crowson, 1973
      - Family Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911
      - Family Silvanidae Kirby, 1837
      - Family Cucujidae Latreille, 1802
      - Family Myraboliidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991
      - Family Cavognathidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966
      - Family Lamingtoniidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969
      - Family Passandridae Blanchard, 1845
      - Family Phalacridae Leach, 1815
      - Family Propalticidae Crowson, 1952
      - Family Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer, 1899
      - Family Tasmosalpingidae Lawrence and Britton, 1991
      - Family Cyclaxyridae Gimmel, Leschen and Ślipiński, 2009
      - Family Kateretidae Kirby, 1837
      - Family Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802
      - Family Smicripidae Horn, 1880
      - Family Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845
      - Family Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820
      - Family Alexiidae Imhoff, 1856
      - Family Discolomatidae Horn, 1878
      - Family Endomychidae Leach, 1815
      - Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807 (ladybirds or lady beetles)
        Asian multicolored lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis
      - Family Corylophidae LeConte, 1852
      - Family Akalyptoischiidae Lord, Hartley, Lawrence, McHugh and Miller, 2010
      - Family Latridiidae Erichson, 1842
    - Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802
      Tenebrionoidea - Tenebrio molitor
      - Family Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815
      - Family Archeocrypticidae Kaszab, 1964
      - Family Pterogeniidae Crowson, 1953
      - Family Ciidae Leach, 1819
      - Family Tetratomidae Billberg, 1820
      - Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815
      - Family Mordellidae Latreille, 1802 (tumbling flower beetles)
      - Family Ripiphoridae Gemminger, 1870 (1855)
      - Family Zopheridae Solier, 1834
      - Family Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869
      - Family Promecheilidae Lacordaire, 1859
      - Family Chalcodryidae Watt, 1974
      - Family Trachelostenidae Lacordaire, 1859
      - Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (darkling beetles)
        Heliotautus ruficollis, a darkling beetle
      - Family Prostomidae Thomson, 1859
      - Family Synchroidae Lacordaire, 1859
      - Family Stenotrachelidae Thomson, 1859
      - Family Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810
      - Family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (blister beetles)
        Lytta magister, in the Meloidae
      - Family Mycteridae Oken, 1843 (palm beetles and flower beetles)
      - Family Boridae Thomson, 1859
      - Family Trictenotomidae Blanchard, 1845
      - Family Pythidae Solier, 1834
      - Family Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1806
      - Family Salpingidae Leach, 1815
      - Family Anthicidae Latreille, 1819
      - Family Aderidae Csiki, 1909
      - Family Scraptiidae Gistel, 1848
    - Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802
      - Family Oxypeltidae Lacordaire, 1868
      - Family Vesperidae Mulsant, 1839
      - Family Disteniidae Thomson, 1861
      - Family Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802 (longhorn beetles)
      - Family Megalopodidae Latreille, 1802
      - Family Orsodacnidae Thomson, 1859
      - Family Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802 (leaf beetles)
        Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, a leaf beetle
    - Superfamily Curculionoidea Latreille, 1802
      - Family Nemonychidae Bedel, 1882
      - Family Anthribidae Billberg, 1820
      - Family †Ulyanidae Zherikhin, 1993
      - Family Belidae Schönherr, 1826
      - Family Caridae Thompson, 1992
      - Family Attelabidae Billberg, 1820
      - Family Brentidae Billberg, 1820
      - Family Dryophthoridae Schönherr, 1825
      - Family Brachyceridae Billberg, 1820
      - Family Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 (snout beetles, weevils, and bark beetles)

References

↑ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
↑ "Coleoptera information page". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-27.

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)

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[bouchard-1] Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.

[bugref-2] "Coleoptera information page". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-27.