400,000 species have been named in the order coleoptera.
400,000 species have been named in the order coleoptera.
how many species have been named in the order coleoptera?
400,000
phylum: arthropoda class: insecta









































order: coleoptera









































beetles are a group of insects that form the order coleoptera. they have two pairs of wings, the front pair, the "elytra", being hardened and thickened into a shell-like protection for the rear pair and the beetle's abdomen. the order contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known animal life-forms. about 40% of all described insect species are beetles (about 400,000 species), and new species are discovered frequently. the largest taxonomic family, the curculionidae (the weevils or snout beetles), also belongs to this order.
list of coleopterans of sri lanka
list of subgroups of the order coleoptera









































this article classifies the subgroups of the order coleoptera (beetles) down to the level of families, following the system in "family-group names in coleoptera (insecta)", bouchard, et. al. (2011), with common names from bugguide.net.









































bullet::::- order coleoptera









































bullet::::- suborder †protocoleoptera









































bullet::::- superfamily †tshekardocoleoidea









































bullet::::- family †tshekardocoleidae









































bullet::::- family †labradorocoleidae









































bullet::::- family †oborocoleidae









































bullet::::- superfamily †permocupedoidea









































bullet::::- family †permocupedidae









































bullet::::- family †taldycupedidae









































bullet::::- superfamily †permosynoidea









































bullet::::- family †ademosynidae









































bullet::::- family †permosynidae









































bullet::::- suborder archostemata









































bullet::::- family crowsoniellidae









































bullet::::- family cupedidae









































bullet::::- family micromalthidae (telephone-pole beetle)









































bullet::::- family ommatidae









































bullet::::- family jurodidae









































bullet::::- family †triadocupedidae
list of subgroups of the order coleoptera