| Suborder
Polyphaga |
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| Acanthocnemidae
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| Aderidae |
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| Aglycyderidae
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| Agyrtidae
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Alexiidae |
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| Alleculidae
(see Tenebrionidae) - comb-clawed beetles |
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Allocorynidae |
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| Anobiidae
- anobiid, deathwatch, powerpost, and drugstore beetles |
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| Anoplodermatidae |
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| Anthicidae
- antlike flower beetles |
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| Anthribidae
- fungus weevils |
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| Apionidae
(see Brentidae) - apionid weevils |
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| Archeocrypticidae
|
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Artematopidae |
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| Attelabidae
- leaf-rolling and tooth nosed weevils |
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| Belidae
|
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| Biphylidae
|
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| Boganiidae
|
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| Boridae
|
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| Bostrichidae
- false powerpost beetles or branch and twig borers |
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| Bothrideridae
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Brachypsectridae - the Texas beetle |
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| Brentidae
- straight-snouted or primitive weevils |
|
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Buprestidae - flatheaded or metallic wood borers |
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| Bruchidae
- seed beetles |
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Byrrhidae - pill beetles |
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| Byturidae
- fruitworm beetles |
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| Callirhipidae
|
|
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Cantharidae - soldier beetles |
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| Cavognathidae
|
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| Cebrionidae
(see Elateridae) |
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| Cephaloidae
|
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| Cerambycidae
- longhorned beetles or roundheaded wood borers |
|
|
Ceratocanthidae |
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| Cerophytidae
|
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| Cerylonidae |
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| Chaetosomatidae
|
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Chalcodryidae |
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| Chelonariidae
|
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| Chrysomelidae
(see also Bruchidae) - leaf beetles |
|
|
Ciidae - minute tree fungus beetles |
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| Clambidae
- fringe-winged beetles |
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| Cleridae
- checkered beetles |
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| Cneoglossidae |
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| Coccinellidae
- ladybird beetles or ladybugs |
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| Colydiidae
- cylindrical bark beetles |
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| Corylophidae
- minute fungus beetles |
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| Cryptophagidae
- silken fungus beetles |
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| Cucujidae
- flat bark beetles |
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| Curculionidae
(see also Platypodidae and Scolytidae) - snout beetles and weevils |
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|
Dascillidae - soft-bodied plant beetles |
|
| Dasyceridae
|
|
| Dermestidae
- dermestid and skin beetles |
|
|
Derodontidae - tooth-necked fungus beetles |
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| Diphyllostomatidae
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Discolomidae |
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| Disteniidae |
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| Drilidae
|
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| Dryopidae
- long-toed water beetles |
|
|
Elateridae - click beetles orwireworms |
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| Elmidae
- riffle beetles |
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| Endecatomidae
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| Endomychidae
- handsome fungus beetles |
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| Erotylidae
- pleasing fungus beetles |
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| Eucinetidae
- plate-thigh beetles |
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| Eucnemidae
- false click beetles |
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| Euglenidae
(see Aderidae) - antlike leaf beetles |
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| Eulichadidae
|
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| Geotrupidae |
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Glaphyridae |
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| Glaresidae |
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| Georyssidae
(see Hydrophilidae) - minute mud-loving beetles |
|
| Helotidae
|
|
| Heteroceridae
- variegated mud-loving beetles |
|
| Histeridae
- hister beetles |
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| Hobartiidae
|
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| Homalisidae
|
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| Hybosoridae |
|
| Hydraenidae
- minute moss beetles |
|
| Hydrophilidae
- water scavenger beetles |
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| Ithyceridae
- the New York weevil |
|
|
Jacobsoniidae |
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| Laemophloeidae
|
|
| Lagriidae
(see Tenebrionidae) - long-jointed beetles |
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| Lamingtoniidae
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| Lampyridae
- fireflies or lightningbugs |
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| Languriidae
- lizard beetles |
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| Lathridiidae
- minute brown scavenger beetles |
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| Leiodidae
- round fungus beetles |
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| Leptinidae
(see Leiodidae) - mammal-nest beetles and beaver parasites |
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| Limnichidae
- minute marsh-loving beetles |
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| Lucanidae
- stag beetles |
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| Lutrochidae
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| Lycidae
- net-winged beetles |
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| Lyctidae
(see Bostrichidae) - lyticd powerpost beetles |
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|
Lymexylidae - ship-timber or timber beetles |
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| Melandryidae
- false darkling beetles |
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| Meloidae
- blister beetles |
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| Melyridae
- soft-winged flower beetles |
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| Micropeplidae
|
|
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Monommidae |
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| Mordellidae
- tumbling flower beetles |
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|
Mycetophagidae - hairy fungus beetles |
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| Mycteridae
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Nemonychidae - pine-flower snout beetles |
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| Nitidulidae
- sap beetles |
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Nosodendridae - wounded tree beetles |
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Ochodaeidae |
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| Oedemeridae
- false blister beetles |
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| Omethidae |
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| Oxycorynidae
- oxycorynid weevils |
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| Oxypeltidae |
|
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Passalidae - bess or patent leather beetles |
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| Pedilidae
|
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| Perimylopidae |
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| Perothopidae
(see Eucnemidae) |
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| Phalacridae
- shining flower beetles |
|
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Phengodidae - glowworms |
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| Phloeostichidae
|
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Phloiophilidae |
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| Phycosecidae
|
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Plastoceridae |
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| Platypodidae
- pinhole borers |
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Pleocomidae |
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| Propalticidae
|
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| Prostomidae
|
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| Protocucujidae
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| Pselaphidae
- short-winged mold beetles |
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| Psephenidae
- water penny beetles |
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| Pterogeniidae |
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Ptiliidae - feather-winged and horseshoe crab beetles |
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| Ptilodactylidae
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| Ptinidae
(see Anobiidae) - spider beetles |
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| Pyrochroidae
- fire-coloured beetles |
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Pythidae |
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| Rhinorhipidae |
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| Rhipiceridae
- cedar beetles |
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| Rhipiphoridae
- wedge-shaped beetles |
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| Rhizophagidae
- root-eating beetles |
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| Rhynchitidae
(see Attelabidae) |
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| Salpingidae
- narrow-waisted bark beetles |
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| Scarabaeidae
- scarab beetles |
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| Scirtidae
- marsh beetles |
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| Scolytidae
- bark, engraver, and ambrosia beetles |
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| Scraptiidae |
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| Scydmaenidae
- antlike stone beetles |
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| Silphidae
- carrion beetles |
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| Silvanidae
- flat grain beetles |
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Sphaeritidae - false clown beetles |
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| Sphindidae
- dry-fungus beetles |
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| Staphylinidae
- rove beetles |
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| Synchroidae
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Synteliidae |
|
| Telegeusidae |
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| Tenebrionidae
- darkling beetles |
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| Tetratomidae
|
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| Throscidae |
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| Trachelostenidae
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| Trictenotomidae |
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| Trogidae |
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Trogossitidae - bark-gnawing beetles |
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Urodontidae |
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Vesperidae |
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| Zopheridae |
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