This article classifies the subgroups of the order Coleoptera (beetles) down to the level of families, following the system in Volume 2 of American Beetles (2002) for all North American families (there were changes in the system between Vols. 1 & 2), and following Lawrence & Newton (1995) for extralimital taxa. A few subfamilies, tribes and synonyms are shown here where a family has been reclassified.
Order Coleoptera (beetles)
- Suborder Adephaga
- Amphizoidae
- Carabidae (ground beetles)
- Cicindelinae, formerly Cicindelidae (tiger beetles)
- Paussinae, formerly Paussidae
- Dytiscidae
- Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles)
- Haliplidae
- Hygrobiidae
- Noteridae
- Rhysodidae
- Trachypachidae
- Suborder Archostemata
- Crowsoniellidae
- Cupedidae
- Jurodidae
- Micromalthidae (telephone-pole beetle)
- Ommatidae
- Suborder Myxophaga
- Hydroscaphidae
- Lepiceridae
- Sphaeriusidae (=Microsporidae: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57(3):, 182-184.)
- Torridincolidae
- Suborder Polyphaga
- Infraorder Bostrichiformia
- Superfamily Bostrichoidea
- Anobiidae
- Ptininae, formerly Ptinidae
- Bostrichidae
- Lyctinae, formerly Lyctidae
- Endecatominae, formerly Endecatomidae
- Dermestidae
- Thorictinae, formerly Thorictidae
- Jacobsoniidae
- Nosodendridae
- Anobiidae
- Superfamily Derodontoidea
- Derodontidae
- Superfamily Bostrichoidea
- Infraorder Cucujiformia
- Superfamily Chrysomeloidea
- Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles)
- Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles) - includes Bruchidae and Cassidae
- Megalopodidae
- Orsodacnidae
- Superfamily Cleroidea
- Acanthocnemidae
- Chaetosomatidae
- Cleridae
- Melyridae
- Phloiophilidae
- Phycosecidae
- Prionoceridae
- Trogossitidae
- Superfamily Cucujoidea
- Alexiidae
- Biphyllidae
- Boganiidae
- Bothrideridae
- Byturidae
- Cavognathidae
- Cerylonidae
- Coccinellidae (ladybirds or lady beetles)
- Corylophidae
- Cryptophagidae
- Cucujidae
- Discolomatidae
- Endomychidae
- Merophysiinae, formerly Merophysiidae
- Erotylidae
- Helotidae
- Hobartiidae
- Kateretidae (=Brachypteridae. ICZN Op., 1916, 1999).
- Laemophloeidae
- Lamingtoniidae
- Languriidae
- Latridiidae
- Monotomidae
- Rhizophaginae, formerly Rhizophagidae
- Nitidulidae
- Passandridae
- Phalacridae
- Phloeostichidae
- Propalticidae
- Protocucujidae
- Silvanidae
- Smicripidae
- Sphindidae
- Superfamily Curculionoidea
- Anthribidae
- Attelabidae
- Belidae
- Aglycyderinae, formerly Aglycyderidae
- Oxycoryninae, formerly Oxycorynidae
- Brentidae
- Apioninae, formerly Apionidae
- Caridae
- Curculionidae (snout beetles and true weevils)
- Scolytinae, formerly Scolytidae
- Ithyceridae (New York weevil)
- Nemonychidae
- Superfamily Lymexyloidea
- Lymexylidae
- Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
- Aderidae
- Anthicidae
- Archeocrypticidae
- Boridae
- Chalcodryidae
- Ciidae (=Cisidae)
- Melandryidae
- Meloidae (blister beetles)
- Mordellidae
- Mycetophagidae
- Mycteridae (palm beetles and flower beetles)
- Hemipeplinae, formerly Hemipeplidae
- Oedemeridae
- Perimylopidae
- Prostomidae
- Pterogeniidae
- Pyrochroidae
- Cononotini or Cononotidae
- Pedilinae, formerly Pedilidae
- Pythidae
- Ripiphoridae formerly Rhipiphoridae
- Salpingidae
- Elacatini or Elacatidae
- Inopeplinae, formerly Inopeplidae
- Scraptiidae
- Stenotrachelidae
- Cephaloinae, formerly Cephaloidae
- Synchroidae
- Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)
- Alleculinae, formerly Alleculidae
- Lagriinae, formerly Lagriidae
- Nilionini or Nilionidae
- Petriini or Petriidae
- Tetratomidae
- Trachelostenidae
- Trictenotomidae
- Ulodidae
- Zopheridae
- Colydiinae or Colydiini, formerly Colydiidae
- Monommatinae or Monommatini, formerly Monommatidae
- Superfamily Chrysomeloidea
- Infraorder Elateriformia
- Superfamily Buprestoidea
- Buprestidae
- Schizopodidae
- Superfamily Byrrhoidea
- Byrrhidae
- Callirhipidae
- Chelonariidae
- Cneoglossidae
- Dryopidae
- Elmidae
- Eulichadidae
- Heteroceridae
- Limnichidae
- Lutrochidae
- Psephenidae
- Ptilodactylidae
- Superfamily Dascilloidea
- Dascillidae (1834)
- Rhipiceridae
- Superfamily Elateroidea
- Artematopodidae (=Eurypogonidae)
- Brachypsectridae
- Cantharidae
- Cerophytidae
- Drilidae
- Elateridae (click beetles)
- Cebrioninae, formerly Cebrionidae
- Eucnemidae
- Lampyridae (fireflies)
- Lycidae
- Omalisidae
- Omethidae
- Phengodidae (glowworms)
- Plastoceridae
- Podabrocephalidae
- Rhinorhipidae
- Telegeusidae
- Throscidae (=Trixagidae)
- Superfamily Scirtoidea
- Clambidae
- Decliniidae
- Eucinetidae
- Scirtidae (=Helodidae)
- Superfamily Buprestoidea
- Infraorder Scarabaeiformia
- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
- Belohinidae
- Bolboceratidae
- Ceratocanthidae (= Acanthoceridae)
- Diphyllostomatidae
- Geotrupidae
- Glaphyridae
- Glaresidae
- Hybosoridae
- Lucanidae (stag beetles)
- Ochodaeidae
- Passalidae
- Pleocomidae
- Scarabaeidae
- Dynastinae, formerly Dynastidae (rhinoceros beetles)
- Trogidae
- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
- Infraorder Staphyliniformia
- Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
- Histeridae
- Hydrophilidae
- Georyssinae, formerly Georyssidae
- Sphaeritidae
- Synteliidae
- Superfamily Staphylinoidea
- Agyrtidae
- Hydraenidae
- Leiodidae (=Anisotomidae)
- Platypsyllinae Ritsema, 1869 or Leptinidae
- Ptiliidae
- Cephaloplectinae, formerly Limulodidae
- Scydmaenidae
- Silphidae
- Staphylinidae (rove beetles)
- Scaphidiinae, formerly Scaphidiidae
- Pselaphinae, formerly Pselaphidae
- Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
- Infraorder Bostrichiformia
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