List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera

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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 corrections and additions from 2020, [2] with common names from bugguide.net. [3]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bibionomorpha</span> Infraorder of flies

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Myxophaga</span> Suborder of beetles

Myxophaga is the second-smallest suborder of the Coleoptera after Archostemata, consisting of roughly 65 species of small to minute beetles in four families. The members of this suborder are aquatic and semiaquatic, and feed on algae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scarabaeoidea</span> Superfamily of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cucujoidea</span> Superfamily of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tenebrionoidea</span> Superfamily of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elateroidea</span> Superfamily of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cleroidea</span> Superfamily of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Staphylinoidea</span> Superfamily of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cerambycinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tenebrioninae</span> Subfamily of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melyridae</span> Family of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sphindidae</span> Family of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Salpingidae</span> Family of beetles

Salpingidae or narrow-waisted bark beetles is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. The species are small, about 1.5 – 7 mm in length. The family is globally distributed and consists of about 45 genera and 300 species, which are generally found in the temperate regions of both hemispheres. The family is mainly associated with plants as well as with ascomycete and hyphomycete fungi. Some members of the family are associated with unusual habitats, like Aegialites and Antarcticodomus, which are found in coastal areas including the intertidal zone, with former feeding on algae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monotomidae</span> Family of beetles

Monotomidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea. The family is found worldwide, with approximately 240 species in 33 genera. The ecological habits of the family are diverse, with different members of the group being found under tree bark, in decaying vegetation, on flowers and in ant nests. Their ecology is obscure, while at least some species are mycophagous, feeding on the fruiting bodies of ascomycete fungi, Rhyzophagus are predators on bark beetles and possibly Phoridae larvae, with the larvae of some species also being mycophagous.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Protocoleoptera</span> Extinct suborder of beetles

The Protocoleoptera are a paraphyletic group of extinct beetles, containing the earliest and most primitive lineages of beetles. They represented the dominant group of beetles during the Permian, but were largely replaced by modern beetle groups during the following Triassic. Protocoleopterans typically possess prognathous (horizontal) heads, distinctive elytra with regular window punctures, culticles with tubercles or scales, as well as a primitive pattern of ventral sclerites, similar to the modern archostematan families Ommatidae and Cupedidae. They are thought to have been xylophagous and wood boring.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coccinelloidea</span> Superfamily of beetles

Coccinelloidea is a superfamily of beetles in the order Coleoptera, formerly included in the superfamily Cucujoidea. There are more than 10,000 species in Coccinelloidea, including more than 6000 in the lady beetle family Coccinellidae.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
  2. ↑ Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y. (2020). "Additions and corrections to "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)"". ZooKeys (922): 65–139. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.922.46367 . PMC   7113323 . PMID   32256157.
  3. ↑ "Coleoptera information page". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  4. ↑ Mckenna, Duane D.; Farrell, Brian D.; Caterino, Michael S.; Farnum, Charles W.; Hawks, David C.; Maddison, David R.; Seago, Ainsley E.; Short, Andrew E. Z.; Newton, Alfred F.; Thayer, Margaret K. (2015). "Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: forest litter as a stepping stone for diversification of nonphytophagous beetles". Systematic Entomology. 40 (1): 35–60. doi: 10.1111/syen.12093 . ISSN   1365-3113. S2CID   83304675.
  5. ↑ Short, Andrew Edward Z. (2018). "Systematics of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera): current state and future directions". Systematic Entomology. 43 (1): 1–18. doi: 10.1111/syen.12270 . ISSN   1365-3113. S2CID   90159079.
  6. ↑ Chamorro, Maria Lourdes; Medeiros, Bruno A. S. de; Farrell, Brian D. (2021). "First phylogenetic analysis of Dryophthorinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) based on structural alignment of ribosomal DNA reveals Cenozoic diversification". Ecology and Evolution. 11 (5): 1984–1998. doi:10.1002/ece3.7131. ISSN   2045-7758. PMC   7920784 . PMID   33717436.
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