THE BEETLES 

 SYNOPSIS OF FAMILIES OF BEETLES 



Suborder Typical beetles (Coleoptya gemiina) 

 Section i . With five-jointed tarsi (Pentamerd) 

 Tribe r. Carnivorous beetles (Adephagd) 



Tiger-beetles ( Cicindelidae) 



Ground-beetles (Carabidae) 



Predacious diving-beetles (Dytiscidae) 



Whirligig-beetles (Gyrinidae) 

 Tribe 2. The club-horned beetles (Clavicornia) 



\Vater-scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae) 



Carrion-beetles (Silphidae) 



Rove-beetles (Staphylinidae) 



Cucuj id-beetles ( Cucujidae) 



Dermestid-beetles (Dermestidae) 

 Tribe 3. The saw-horned beetles (Serriconiui] 



Click-beetles (Elateridae) 



Metallic wood-borers (Buprestidae) 



Fireflies (Lampyridaf) 

 Tribe 4. The leaf-horned beetles (Lamellicornia) 



Stag-beetles (Lucanidae) 



Scarabaeid beetles (Scarabaeidae) 



Section 2. \\ T ith four-jointed tarsi (Tetramera) 

 Leaf-beetles ( Chrysomelidae] 

 Pea-weevils (Bruchtdae) 

 Long-horned beetles (Cerambycidae) 



Section 3. With three-jointed tarsi (Truncni) 

 Ladybird-beetles ( Cocci ncllidae) 



Section 4. With different-jointed tarsi (Heteromera] 

 Darkling-beetles ( Tenebrionidae) 

 Blister-beetles (Meloidae) 



Suborder Snout-beetles (Rhynchophord) 



The curculios (Curculionidae) 



The bill-bugs (Calandridae} 



The engraver-beetles, or bark-beetles (Scolytidae) 



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