list of beetles
The order Coleoptera consists of the beetles and weevils. It is the largest order of insects, representing about 40 percent of the known insect species. Among the more than 360,000 species of Coleoptera are many of the largest and most-conspicuous insects, some of which also have brilliant metallic colors, showy patterns, or striking forms. This is a list of significant beetles and weevils, ordered alphabetically by common name and family.
- antlike flower beetles (family Anthicidae)
- bark-gnawing beetles (family Trogossitidae)
- bess beetles (family Passalidae)
- blister beetles (family Meloidae)
- borer beetles (family Anobiidae)
- branch and twig borers (family Bostrichidae)
- powderpost beetles (subfamily Lyctinae)
- carrion beetles (family Silphidae)
- checkered beetles (family Cleridae)
- click beetles (family Elateridae)
- darkling beetles (family Tenebrionidae)
- comb-clawed beetles (subfamily Alleculinae)
- deathwatch beetles (family Anobiidae)
- dermestid beetles (family Dermestidae)
- feather-winged beetles (family Ptiliidae)
- fireflies (family Lampyridae)
- flat bark beetles (family Cucujidae)
- flat grain beetles (family Silvanidae)
- fruitworm beetles (family Byfuridae)
- fungus weevils (family Anthribidae)
- ground beetles (family Carabidae)
- hairy fungus beetles (family Mycetophagidae)
- hister beetles (family Histeridae)
- ladybugs (family Coccinellidae)
- leaf beetles (family Chrysomelidae)
- asparagus beetles (genera Crioceris and Lema)
- potato beetle (Lema daturaphila)
- casebearing leaf beetles (subfamilies Cryptocephalinae and Lamprosomatinae)
- genus Chrysochus
- cobalt milkweed beetle (Chrysochus cobaltinus)
- dogbane beetle (Chrysochus auratus)
- Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
- cucumber beetles (genus Diabrotica)
- flea beetles (subfamily Alticinae)
- tortoise beetles (subfamily Cassidinae)
- leaf-rolling weevils (family Attelabidae)
- lizard beetles (family Languriidae)
- long-horned beetles (family Cerambycidae)
- harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus)
- metallic wood-boring beetles (family Buprestidae)
- oedemerid beetles (family Oedemeridae)
- pleasing fungus beetles (family Erotylidae)
- predaceous diving beetles (family Dytiscidae)
- rove beetles (family Staphylinidae)
- soldier beetles (family Cantharidae)
- sap beetles (family Nitidulidae)
- scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae)
- chafers (subfamily Melolonthinae)
- cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)
- June beetles (genus Phyllophaga)
- dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae)
- flower chafers (subfamily Cetoniinae)
- rhinoceros beetles (subfamily Dynastinae)
- eastern Hercules beetle (Dynastes tityus)
- shining leaf chafers (subfamily Rutelinae)
- Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)
- silken fungus beetles (family Cryptophagidae)
- skin beetles (family Trogidae)
- spider beetles (family Anobiidae)
- stag beetles (family Lucanidae)
- tiger beetles (family Cicindelidae)
- true weevils (family Curculionidae)
- acorn and nut weevils (subfamily Curculioninae)
- genus Curculio
- plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar)
- alfalfa weevils (Hypera postica)
- bark beetles (subfamily Scolytinae)
- billbugs (subfamily Rhynchophorinae)
- boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis)
- grain weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
- tumbling flower beetles (family Mordellidae)
- water scavenger beetles (superfamily Hydrophiloidea)
- whirligig beetles (family Gyrinidae)
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Article Title:
list of beetles
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
06 February 2025
Access Date:
February 23, 2025