Coleoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordines (4 + 1†):Adephaga –Archostemata –Myxophaga –Polyphaga –†Alphacoleoptera
Coleoptera incertae sedis:
Familiae:†Ponomarenkiumidae
Genera:†Anepismus –†Anhuistoma –†Apistotes –†Archosyne –†Babuskaya –†Biadelater –†Cardiosyne –†Coleopteron –†Dysarestus –†Elaterina –†Enamma –†Fengningia –†Gemelina –†Glaphyropterites –†Grahamelytron –†Hydrophilites –†Keleusticus –†Leptopodocoleus –†Megacentrus –†Micrelaterium –†Mimelater –†Parabuprestium –†Paragrilium –†Peltocoleops –†Plastelater –†Praedodromeus –†Pseudoelateropsis –†Stenelytron –†Toksunius –†Trialarva –†Xinbinia

Overview of familiae (184 + †40)

Acanthocnemidae –Aderidae –Agapythidae –Agyrtidae –Akalyptoischiidae –Alexiidae –Amphizoidae –Anamorphidae –Anthicidae –Anthribidae –Archeocrypticidae –Artematopodidae –Aspidytidae –Attelabidae –Belidae –Biphyllidae –Boganiidae –Boridae –Bostrichidae –Bothrideridae –Brachyceridae –Brachypsectridae –Brentidae –Buprestidae –Byrrhidae –Byturidae –Callirhipidae –Cantharidae –Carabidae –Caridae –Cavognathidae –Cerambycidae –Cerasommatidiidae –Cerophytidae –Cerylonidae –Chaetosomatidae –Chalcodryidae –Chelonariidae –Chrysomelidae –Cicindelidae –Ciidae –Clambidae –Cleridae –Cneoglossidae –Coccinellidae –Corylophidae –Crowsoniellidae –Cryptophagidae –Cucujidae –Cupedidae –Curculionidae –Cybocephalidae –Cyclaxyridae –Dascillidae –Decliniidae –Dermestidae –Derodontidae –Discolomatidae –Disteniidae –Dryophthoridae –Dryopidae –Dytiscidae –Elateridae –Elmidae –Endecatomidae –Endomychidae –Epimetopidae –Erotylidae –Eucinetidae –Eucnemidae –Eulichadidae –Eupsilobiidae –Euxestidae –Georissidae –Gyrinidae –Haliplidae –Helophoridae –Helotidae –Heteroceridae –Histeridae –Hobartiidae –Hydraenidae –Hydrochidae –Hydrophilidae –Hydroscaphidae –Hygrobiidae –Ischaliidae –Jacobsoniidae –Jurodidae –Kateretidae –Laemophloeidae –Lagrioididae –Lamingtoniidae –Lampyridae –Latridiidae –Leiodidae –Lepiceridae –Lophocateridae –Limnichidae –Lutrochidae –Lycidae –Lymexylidae –Mauroniscidae –Megalopodidae –Melandryidae –Meloidae –Melyridae –Meruidae –Micromalthidae –Monotomidae –Mordellidae –Murmidiidae –Mycetaeidae –Mycetophagidae –Mycteridae –Myraboliidae –Nemonychidae –Nitidulidae –Nosodendridae –Noteridae –Oedemeridae –Omalisidae –Omethidae –Ommatidae –Orsodacnidae –Oxypeltidae –Passandridae –Peltidae –Phalacridae –Phengodidae –Phloeostichidae –Phloiophilidae –Phycosecidae –Plastoceridae –Priasilphidae –Prionoceridae –Promecheilidae –Prostomidae –Protelmidae –Protocucujidae –Protopeltidae –Psephenidae –Pterogeniidae –Ptiliidae –Ptilodactylidae –Ptinidae –Pyrochroidae –Pythidae –Rhadalidae –Rentoniidae –Rhagophthalmidae –Rhinorhipidae –Rhipiceridae –Ripiphoridae –Salpingidae –Schizopodidae –Scirtidae –Scraptiidae –Silphidae –Silvanidae –Smicripidae –Spercheidae –Sphaeritidae –Sphaeriusidae –Sphindidae –Staphylinidae –Stenotrachelidae –Synchroidae –Synteliidae –Tasmosalpingidae –Telegeusidae –Tenebrionidae –Teredidae –Tetratomidae –Thanerocleridae –Throscidae –Thymalidae –Torridincolidae –Trachypachidae –Trictenotomidae –Trogossitidae –Ulodidae –Vesperidae –Zopheridae

Fossil:†Ademosynidae –†Apophisandridae –†Asiocoleidae –†Berendtimiridae –†Boleopsidae –†Catiniidae –†Coleopsidae –†Colymbotethidae –†Coptoclavidae –†Elodophthalmidae –†Labradorocoleidae –†Lasiosynidae –†Liadytidae –†Lithoscarabaeidae –†Magnocoleidae –†Mesocinetidae –†Oborocoleidae –†Obrieniidae –†Parahygrobiidae –†Paralucanidae –†Parandrexidae –†Peltosynidae –†Permocupedidae –†Permosynidae –†Phoroschizidae –†Ponomarenkiumidae –†Praelateriidae –†Rhombocoleidae –†Schizocoleidae –†Taldycupedidae –†Tetrameropseidae –†Tshekardocoleidae –†Triadocupedidae –†Triamyxidae –†Triaplidae –†Tritarsusidae –†Ulyanidae –†Wabbelidae

Ichnofamiliae:†Coprinisphaeridae –†Pallichnidae

Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Eleuterata Fabricius, 1775: 1

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Links

• Assembling the Beetle Tree of Life (BToL)
• www.coleoptera.org
• Coleoptera - Australian Faunal Directory
• Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Edited by I. Löbl & A. Smetana
• SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Coleoptera incertae sedis in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Maddison, David R. 2000. Coleoptera. Beetles. Version 11 September 2000 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Beetles and coleopterologists Russian site with English version, with information about biology, systematics and paleontology of beetles
• Coleoptera - Coleoptera-atlas (Beautiful Pictures of coleoptera - picture Gallery (over 4800 records)