Order Coleoptera

The order Coleoptera contains the beetles.
Beetles can be divided into four suborders: Adephaga, Archostemata, Myxophaga, and Polyphaga
Adephaga contains the following families:
  • Amphizoidae consists of the .

  • Aspidytidae consists of the .

  • Carabidae consists of the .

  • Colymbothetidae (Extinct) consists of the .

  • Coptoclavidae (Extinct) consists of the .

  • Dytiscidae contains the predaceous diving beetles.

  • Gyrinidae consists of the .

  • Haliplidae consists of the .

  • Hygrobiidae consists of the .

  • Liadytidae (Extinct) consists of the .

  • Meruidae consists of the .

  • Noteridae consists of the .

  • Parahygrobiidae (Extinct) consists of the .

  • Rhysodidae consists of the .

  • Trachypachidae consists of the .

  • Triaplidae (Extinct) consists of the .

Archostemata contains the following families:
  • Crowsoniellidae consists of the .

  • Cupedidae consists of the .

  • Jurodidae consists of the .

  • Micromalthidae consists of the .

  • Ommatidae consists of the .

Myxophaga contains the following families:
  • Hydroscaphidae consists of the .

  • Lepiceridae consists of the .

  • Sphaeriusidae consists of the .

  • Torridincolidae consists of the .

Polyphaga, the largest suborder in Coleoptera, contains the following families:
  • Acanthocnemidae consists of the .

  • Aderidae consists of the .

  • Agyrtidae consists of the .

  • Alexiidae consists of the .

  • Anobiidae consists of the .

  • Anthicidae consists of the .

  • Anthribidae consists of the .

  • Archeocrypticidae consists of the .

  • Artematopodidae consists of the .

  • Attelabidae consists of the .

  • Belidae consists of the .

  • Belohinidae consists of the .

  • Biphyllidae consists of the .

  • Boganiidae consists of the .

  • Bolboceratidae consists of the .

  • Boridae consists of the .

  • Bostrichidae consists of the .

  • Bothrideridae consists of the .

  • Brachypsectridae consists of the .

  • Brentidae consists of the .

  • Buprestidae consists of the .

  • Byrrhidae consists of the .

  • Byturidae consists of the .

  • Callirhipidae consists of the .

  • Cantharidae consists of the .

  • Caridae consists of the .

  • Cavognathidae consists of the .

  • Cerambycidae consists of the .

  • Ceratocanthidae consists of the .

  • Cerophytidae consists of the .

  • Cerylonidae consists of the .

  • Chaetosomatidae consists of the .

  • Chalcodryidae consists of the .

  • Chelonariidae consists of the .

  • Chrysomelidae consists of the .

  • Ciidae consists of the .

  • Clambidae consists of the .

  • Cleridae consists of the .

  • Cneoglossidae consists of the .

  • Coccinellidae consists of the .

  • Corylophidae consists of the .

  • Cryptophagidae consists of the .

  • Cucujidae consists of the .

  • Curculionidae consists of the .

  • Dascillidae consists of the .

  • Decliniidae consists of the .

  • Dermestidae consists of the .

  • Derodontidae consists of the .

  • Diphyllostomatidae consists of the .

  • Discolomatidae consists of the .

  • Drilidae consists of the .

  • Dryopidae consists of the .

  • Elmidae consists of the .

  • Endomychidae consists of the .

  • Erotylidae consists of the .

  • Eucinetidae consists of the .

  • Eucnemidae consists of the .

  • Eulichadidae consists of the .

  • Geotrupidae consists of the .

  • Glaphyridae consists of the .

  • Glaresidae consists of the .

  • Helotidae consists of the .

  • Heteroceridae consists of the .

  • Histeridae consists of the .

  • Hobartiidae consists of the .

  • Hybosoridae consists of the .

  • Hydraenidae consists of the .

  • Hydrophilidae consists of the .

  • Ithyceridae consists of the .

  • Jacobsoniidae consists of the .

  • Kateretidae consists of the .

  • Laemophloeidae consists of the .

  • Lamingtoniidae consists of the .

  • Lampyridae consists of the .

  • Languriidae consists of the .

  • Latridiidae consists of the .

  • Leiodidae consists of the .

  • Limnichidae consists of the .

  • Lucanidae consists of the .

  • Lutrochidae consists of the .

  • Lycidae consists of the .

  • Lymexylidae consists of the .

  • Megalopodidae consists of the .

  • Melandryidae consists of the .

  • Meloidae consists of the .

  • Melyridae consists of the .

  • Monotomidae consists of the .

  • Mordellidae consists of the .

  • Mycetophagidae consists of the .

  • Mycteridae consists of the .

  • Nemonychidae consists of the .

  • Nitidulidae consists of the .

  • Nosodendridae consists of the .

  • Ochodaeidae consists of the .

  • Oedemeridae consists of the .

  • Omalisidae consists of the .

  • Omalisidae consists of the .

  • Omethidae consists of the .

  • Orsodacnidae consists of the .

  • Passalidae consists of the .

  • Passandridae consists of the .

  • Perimylopidae consists of the .

  • Phalacridae consists of the .

  • Phengodidae consists of the .

  • Phloeostichidae consists of the .

  • Phloiophilidae consists of the .

  • Phycosecidae consists of the .

  • Plastoceridae consists of the .

  • Pleocomidae consists of the .

  • Podabrocephalidae consists of the .

  • Prionoceridae consists of the .

  • Propalticidae consists of the .

  • Prostomidae consists of the .

  • Protocucujidae consists of the .

  • Psephenidae consists of the .

  • Pterogeniidae consists of the .

  • Ptiliidae consists of the .

  • Ptilodactylidae consists of the .

  • Pyrochroidae consists of the .

  • Pythidae consists of the .

  • Rhinorhipidae consists of the .

  • Rhipiceridae consists of the .

  • Ripiphoridae consists of the .

  • Salpingidae consists of the .

  • Scarabaeidae consists of the .

  • Schizopodidae consists of the .

  • Silphidae consists of the .

  • Scirtidae consists of the .

  • Scraptiidae consists of the .

  • Scydmaenidae consists of the .

  • Silvanidae consists of the .

  • Smicripidae consists of the .

  • Sphaeritidae consists of the .

  • Sphindidae consists of the .

  • Staphylinidae consists of the .

  • Stenotrachelidae consists of the .

  • Synchroidae consists of the .

  • Synteliidae consists of the .

  • Telegeusidae consists of the .

  • Tenebrionidae consists of the .

  • Tetratomidae consists of the .

  • Throscidae consists of the .

  • Trachelostenidae consists of the .

  • Trictenotomidae consists of the .

  • Trogidae consists of the .

  • Trogossitidae consists of the .

  • Ulodidae consists of the .

  • Zopheridae contains the ironclad beetles and the cylindrical bark beetles.





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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera


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