Thousands of beetle (Coleoptera) species are found in Thailand. This list gives a selection of about 500 beetle species (and/or subspecies) as listed in Ek-Amnuay (2008). [1]
(A longer list of Cerambycidae species can be found at the Thailand Nature Project's website. [2] )
The Lucanidae are a family of beetles that include the stag beetles. The family can be further subdivided in a taxonomy. The classification presented here follows Smith (2006), with the exception of the tribal classification within the Lucaninae.
In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus classified the arthropods, including insects, arachnids and crustaceans, among his class "Insecta". Insects with hardened wing covers were brought together under the name Coleoptera.