Coleoptera

Beetles

The forewings have hardened into armour with the real flight wings folded beneath. The largest order in the animal kingdom.

Around 400,000 species worldwide · 85 species in this volume

Ground beetlesCarabidae6 species

ScarabsScarabaeidae8 species

LadybirdsCoccinellidae12 species Stag beetlesLucanidae2 species

Longhorn beetlesCerambycidae15 species

WeevilsCurculionidae5 species Darkling beetlesTenebrionidae1 species

Leaf beetlesChrysomelidae10 species

Rove beetlesStaphylinidae4 species

Soldier beetlesCantharidae5 species

False blister beetlesOedemeridae3 species Checkered beetlesCleridae2 species Carpet beetlesDermestidae1 species Click beetlesElateridae1 species

Dor beetlesGeotrupidae3 species FirefliesLampyridae1 species

Blister beetlesMeloidae3 species Soft-winged flower beetlesMelyridae1 species Fire-coloured beetlesPyrochroidae2 species