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, 1806Amphizoidae LeConte, 1853Aspidytidae Ribera, Beutel, Balke & Vogler, 2002Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (ground beetles)Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802 (whirligig beetles)Haliplidae Aube, 1836Hygrobiidae Régimbart, 1878Meruidae Spangler & Steiner, 2005Noteridae C.G. Thomson, 1860Rhysodidae Laporte, 1840Trachypachidae C.G. Thomson, 1857Suborder Archostemata Kolbe, 1908Crowsoniellidae Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983Cupedidae Laporte, 1836Jurodidae Ponomarenko, 1985Micromalthidae Barber, 1983 (telephone-pole beetle)Ommatidae Sharp and Muir, 1912Suborder Myxophaga Crowson, 1955Hydroscaphidae LeConte, 1874Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845 (=Microsporidae: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57(3):, 182-184.)Torridincolidae Steffan, 1964Suborder Polyphaga Emery, 1886Infraorder Bostrichiformia Forbes, 1926Superfamily Bostrichoidea Latreille, 1802Anobiidae Fleming, 1821Ptininae, formerly Ptinidae Latreille, 1802Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802Lyctinae, formerly Lyctidae Billberg, 1820Endecatominae, formerly Endecatomidae LeConte, 1861Dermestidae Latreille, 1804Thorictinae, formerly Thorictidae Agassiz, 1846Jacobsoniidae Heller, 1926Nosodendridae Erichson, 1846Superfamily Derodontoidea LeConte, 1861Derodontidae LeConte, 1861Infraorder Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802 (longhorn beetles)Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802 (leaf beetles) - includes Bruchidae and CassidaeMegalopodidae Latreille, 1802Orsodacnidae C. G. Thomson, 1869Superfamily Cleroidea Latreille, 1802Acanthocnemidae Crowson, 1964Chaetosomatidae Crowson, 1952Cleridae Latreille, 1802Melyridae Leach, 1815Phloiophilidae Kiesenwetter, 1863Phycosecidae Crowson, 1952Prionoceridae Lacordaire, 1857Trogossitidae Latreille, 1802Superfamily Cucujoidea Latreille, 1802Alexiidae Imhoff, 1856Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861Boganiidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845Byturidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858Cavognathidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807 (ladybirds or lady beetles)Corylophidae LeConte, 1852Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1937Cucujidae Latreille, 1802Discolomatidae Horn, 1878Endomychidae Leach, 1815Merophysiinae, formerly Merophysiidae Seidlitz, 1872Erotylidae Latreille, 1802Helotidae Reitter, 1876Hobartiidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966Kateretidae Erichson in Agassiz, 1846 (=Brachypteridae. ICZN Op., 1916, 1999).Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer, 1899Lamingtoniidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966Languriidae Crotch, 1873Latridiidae Erichson, 1842Monotomidae Laporte, 1840Rhizophaginae, formerly Rhizophagidae Redtenbacher, 1845Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802Passandridae Erichson, 1845Phalacridae Leach, 1815Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911Propalticidae Crowson, 1952Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954Silvanidae Kirby, 1937Smicripidae Horn, 1879Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1860Superfamily Curculionoidea Latreille, 1802Anthribidae Billberg, 1820Attelabidae Billberg, 1820Belidae Schönherr, 1826Aglycyderinae, formerly Aglycyderidae Wollaston, 1864Oxycoryninae, formerly Oxycorynidae Schönherr, 1840Brentidae Billberg, 1820Apioninae, formerly Apionidae Schönherr, 1823Caridae Thompson, 1992Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 (snout beetles and true weevils)Scolytinae, formerly Scolytidae Latreille, 1807Ithyceridae Schönherr, 1823 (New York weevil)Nemonychidae Bedel, 1882Superfamily Lymexyloidea Fleming, 1821Lymexylidae Fleming, 1821Superfamily Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802Aderidae Winkler, 1927Anthicidae Latreille, 1819Archeocrypticidae Kaszab, 1964Boridae C. G. Thomson, 1859Chalcodryidae Watt, 1974Ciidae Leach, 1819 (=Cisidae)Melandryidae Leach, 1815Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (blister beetles)Mordellidae Latreille, 1802Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845 (palm beetles and flower beetles)Hemipeplinae, formerly Hemipeplidae Lacordaire, 1854Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810Perimylopidae St. George, 1939Prostomidae C. G. Thomson, 1859Pterogeniidae Crowson, 1953Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1807Cononotini or CononotidaePedilinae, formerly Pedilidae Lacordaire, 1859Pythidae Solier, 1834Ripiphoridae Gemminger and Harold, 1870 formerly RhipiphoridaeSalpingidae Leach, 1815Elacatini or ElacatidaeInopeplinae, formerly Inopeplidae Grouvelle, 1908Scraptiidae Mulsant, 1856Stenotrachelidae C. G. Thomson, 1859Cephaloinae, formerly Cephaloidae LeConte, 1852Synchroidae Lacordaire, 1859Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (darkling beetles)Alleculinae, formerly Alleculidae Laporte, 1840Lagriinae, formerly Lagriidae Latreille, 1825Nilionini or Nilionidae Lacordaire, 1859Petriini or PetriidaeTetratomidae Billberg, 1820Trachelostenidae Lacordaire, 1859Trictenotomidae Blanchard, 1845Ulodidae Pascoe, 1869Zopheridae Solier, 1834Colydiinae or Colydiini, formerly Colydiidae Erichson, 1842Monommatinae or Monommatini, formerly Monommatidae or Monommidae Blanchard, 1845Infraorder Elateriformia Crowson, 1960Superfamily Buprestoidea Leach, 1815Buprestidae Leach, 1815Schizopodidae LeConte, 1861Superfamily Byrrhoidea Latreille, 1804Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804Callirhipidae Emden, 1924Chelonariidae Blanchard, 1845Cneoglossidae Champion, 1897Dryopidae Billberg, 1820Elmidae Curtis, 1830Eulichadidae Crowson, 1973Heteroceridae MacLeay, 1825Limnichidae Erichson, 1846Lutrochidae Kasap and Crowson, 1975Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836Superfamily Dascilloidea Guerin-Meneville, 1843Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834)Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834Superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815Artematopodidae Lacordaire, 1857 (=Eurypogonidae)Brachypsectridae Leconte and Horn, 1883Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834Drilidae Blanchard, 1845Elateridae Leach, 1815 (click beetles)Cebrioninae, formerly Cebrionidae Latreille, 1802Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 (fireflies)Lycidae Laporte, 1836Omalisidae Lacordaire, 1857Omethidae LeConte, 1861Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 (glowworms)Plastoceridae Crowson, 1972Podabrocephalidae Pic, 1930Rhinorhipidae Lawrence, 1988Telegeusidae Leng, 1920Throscidae Laporte, 1840 (=Trixagidae)Superfamily Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821Clambidae Fischer, 1821Decliniidae Nikitsky et al., 1994Eucinetidae Lacordaire, 1857Scirtidae Fleming, 1821 (=Helodidae)Infraorder Scarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802Belohinidae Paulian, 1959Bolboceratidae Laporte de Castelnau, 1840Ceratocanthidae White, 1842 (= Acanthoceridae)Diphyllostomatidae Holloway, 1972Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802Glaphyridae MacLeay, 1819Glaresidae Semenov-Tian-Shanskii and Medvedev, 1932Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 (stag beetles)Ochodaeidae Mulsant and Rey, 1871Passalidae Leach, 1815Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802Dynastinae, formerly Dynastidae MacLeay, 1819 (rhinoceros beetles)Trogidae MacLeay, 1819Infraorder Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900Superfamily Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802Georyssinae, formerly Georyssidae Laporte, 1840Sphaeritidae Schuckard, 1839Synteliidae Lewis, 1882Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802Agyrtidae C.G. Thomson, 1859Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844Leiodidae Fleming, 1821 (=Anisotomidae)Platypsyllinae Ritsema, 1869 or LeptinidaePtiliidae Erichson, 1845Cephaloplectinae, formerly Limulodidae Sharp, 1883Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815Silphidae Latreille, 1807Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802 (rove beetles)Scaphidiinae, formerly Scaphidiidae Latreille, 1807Pselaphinae, formerly Pselaphidae Latreille, 1802† Suborder ProtocoleopteraSuperfamily TshekardocoleoideaTshekardocoleoidaeLabradorocoleoidaeOborocoleoidaeSuperfamily PermocupedoideaPermocupedidaeTaldycupedidaeSuperfamily PermosynoideaAdemosyndidaePermosynidae
