The Coleoptera, or beetles, includes many commonly encountered insects such as ladybird beetles (family Coccinellidae), click beetles (Elateridae), scarabs (Scarabaeidae), and fireflies (Lampyridae). They live throughout the world (except Antarctica), but are most speciose in the tropics.
In one sense the most unusual property of beetles is not some aspect of their structure or natural history, but their sheer number. There are more known species of Coleoptera than any other group of organisms, with over 350,000 described species. Tree of Life
In one sense the most unusual property of beetles is not some aspect of their structure or natural history, but their sheer number. There are more known species of Coleoptera than any other group of organisms, with over 350,000 described species. Tree of Life
Superfamily: Dascilloidea Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Familes: Dascillidae, Rhipiceridae
Superfamily: Bostrichoidea Latreille, 1802
Families: Anobiidae, Bostrichidae, Dermestidae
Superfamily: Buprestoidea Leach, 1815
Families: Buprestidae
Superfamily: Caraboidea Latreille, 1804
Families: Carabidae
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802
Families: Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, Disteniidae
Superfamily: Cleroidea Latreille, 1802
Families: Cleridae, Prionoceridae
Superfamily: Cucujoidea Latreille, 1802
Families: Endomychidae, Erotylidae, Coccinellidae, Languriidae, Nitidulidae, Passandridae
Superfamily: Curculionoidea Latreille, 1802
Families: Anthribidae, Attelabidae, Brachyceridae, Brentidae, Curculionidae
Superfamily: Dytiscoidea
Families: Dytiscidae
Superfamily: Elateroidea Leach, 1815
Families: Cantharidae, Elateridae, Lampyridae, Lycidae
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802
Families: Lucanidae, Scarabaeidae
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802
Families: Meloidae, Mordellidae, Oedemeridae, Tenebrionidae