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 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
  • Aspidytidae Ribera, Beutel, Balke & Vogler, 2002
  • Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (ground beetles)
  • Dytiscidae Leach, 1815
    

    Dytiscus latissimus, in the Dytiscidae
  • Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802 (whirligig beetles)
  • Haliplidae Aube, 1836
  • Hygrobiidae Régimbart, 1878
  • Meruidae Spangler & Steiner, 2005
  • Noteridae C.G. Thomson, 1860
  • Rhysodidae Laporte, 1840
  • Trachypachidae C.G. Thomson, 1857
• Suborder Archostemata Kolbe, 1908
  • Crowsoniellidae Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983
  • Cupedidae Laporte, 1836
  • Jurodidae Ponomarenko, 1985
  • 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
    • Superfamily Derodontoidea LeConte, 1861
      • Derodontidae LeConte, 1861
  • Infraorder Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938
    • Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802
      • Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802 (longhorn beetles)
      • Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802 (leaf beetles) - includes Bruchidae and Cassidae
        

        Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, a leaf beetle
      • Megalopodidae Latreille, 1802
      • Orsodacnidae C. G. Thomson, 1869
    • Superfamily Cleroidea 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
    • 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)
        File:Asian multicolored lady beetle.jpg

        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
      

      Tenebrionoidea - Tenebrio molitor
      • 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)
        File:Heliotaurus 1.jpg

        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
  • Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
    • Superfamily Buprestoidea Leach, 1815
      • Buprestidae Leach, 1815
      • Schizopodidae LeConte, 1861
    • 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)
  • 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)
        File:Lucanus-cervus-femininum.jpg

        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
  • 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
        

        Devil's coach horse beetle, Ocypus olens, a rove beetle
        • 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
• † Suborder Protocoleoptera
  • Superfamily Tshekardocoleoidea
    • Tshekardocoleoidae
    • Labradorocoleoidae
    • Oborocoleoidae
  • Superfamily Permocupedoidea
    • Permocupedidae
    • Taldycupedidae
  • Superfamily Permosynoidea
    • Ademosyndidae
    • Permosynidae

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)