Primitive Winged Insects
Order Coleoptera
The Primitive Winged Insects (Order Coleoptera) includes 15,720 species across 160 families and 3,716 genera in our directory.
About Primitive Winged Insects
Coleoptera is the largest order of insects with over 400,000 described species, representing ~25% of all known animal species and ~40% of all insects. In the U.S. alone, nearly 30,000 beetle species have been identified.
Economic Impact
Beetles have major economic significance: leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) and weevils (Curculionoidea) are among the most destructive agricultural pests globally, costing billions annually, while predatory species like ladybugs provide natural pest control.
Ecological Role
Beetles are prominent decomposers, especially in forests, breaking down dead wood and recycling nutrients. As predators, they reduce populations of pest insects. Many species are also important pollinators of flowering plants.
Families in Coleoptera (160)
Species in Coleoptera (15,720)
Bembidion approximatum
Bembidion approximatum
Bembidion aratum
Bembidion aratum
Bembidion arcticum
Bembidion arcticum
Bembidion arenobile
Bembidion arenobile
Bembidion balli
Bembidion balli
Bembidion bellorum
Bembidion bellorum
Bembidion bimaculatum
Bembidion bimaculatum
Bembidion breve
Bembidion breve
Bembidion brevistriatum
Bembidion brevistriatum
Bembidion californicum
Bembidion californicum
Bembidion canadianum
Bembidion canadianum
Bembidion carinula
Bembidion carinula
Bembidion carolinense
Bembidion carolinense
Bembidion castor
Bembidion castor
Bembidion cheyennense
Bembidion cheyennense
Bembidion coloradense
Bembidion coloradense
Bembidion commotum
Bembidion commotum
Bembidion complanulum
Bembidion complanulum
Bembidion concolor
Bembidion concolor
Bembidion concretum
Bembidion concretum
Bembidion confusum
Bembidion confusum
Bembidion connivens
Bembidion connivens
Bembidion consanguineum
Bembidion consanguineum
Bembidion constrictum
Bembidion constrictum
Bembidion contractum
Bembidion contractum
Bembidion convexulum
Bembidion convexulum
Bembidion cordatum
Bembidion cordatum
Bembidion coxendix 0
Bembidion coxendix
Bembidion curtulatum
Bembidion curtulatum
Bembidion debiliceps
Bembidion debiliceps
Bembidion dejectum
Bembidion dejectum
Bembidion diligens
Bembidion diligens
Bembidion ephippigerum
Bembidion ephippigerum
Bembidion erosum
Bembidion erosum
Bembidion farrarae
Bembidion farrarae
Bembidion femoratum
Bembidion femoratum
Bembidion flohri
Bembidion flohri
Bembidion fortestriatum
Bembidion fortestriatum
Bembidion frontale
Bembidion frontale
Bembidion fugax
Bembidion fugax
Bembidion gebleri
Bembidion gebleri
Bembidion gordoni
Bembidion gordoni
Bembidion graciliforme
Bembidion graciliforme
Bembidion grandiceps
Bembidion grandiceps
Bembidion graphicum
Bembidion graphicum
Bembidion grapii
Bembidion grapii
Bembidion gratiosum
Bembidion gratiosum
Bembidion haruspex
Bembidion haruspex
Bembidion hesperium
Bembidion hesperium
Bembidion honestum
Bembidion honestum
Bembidion horni
Bembidion horni
Bembidion idoneum
Bembidion idoneum
Bembidion incrematum
Bembidion incrematum
Bembidion indistinctum
Bembidion indistinctum
Bembidion integrum
Bembidion integrum
Bembidion intermedium
Bembidion intermedium
Bembidion interventor
Bembidion interventor
Bembidion iridescens
Bembidion iridescens
Bembidion kuprianovii
Bembidion kuprianovii
Bembidion lacunarium
Bembidion lacunarium
Bembidion lapponicum
Bembidion lapponicum
Bembidion latebricola
Bembidion latebricola
Bembidion laticeps
Bembidion laticeps
Bembidion laxatum
Bembidion laxatum
Bembidion lividulum
Bembidion lividulum
Bembidion louisella
Bembidion louisella
Bembidion mexicanum
Bembidion mexicanum
Bembidion mimus
Bembidion mimus
Bembidion mormon
Bembidion mormon
Bembidion mundum
Bembidion mundum
Bembidion muscicola
Bembidion muscicola
Bembidion nebraskense
Bembidion nebraskense
Bembidion nevadense
Bembidion nevadense
Bembidion nigripes
Bembidion nigripes
Bembidion nigrocoeruleum
Bembidion nigrocoeruleum
Bembidion nigrum
Bembidion nigrum
Bembidion nitidum
Bembidion nitidum
Bembidion nubiculosum
Bembidion nubiculosum
Bembidion oberthueri
Bembidion oberthueri
Bembidion obliquulum
Bembidion obliquulum
Bembidion obscurellum
Bembidion obscurellum
Bembidion obtusangulum
Bembidion obtusangulum
Bembidion orion
Bembidion orion
Bembidion ozarkense
Bembidion ozarkense
Bembidion patruele
Bembidion patruele
Bembidion perspicuum
Bembidion perspicuum
Bembidion petrosum
Bembidion petrosum
Bembidion planatum
Bembidion planatum
Bembidion planiusculum
Bembidion planiusculum
Bembidion planum
Bembidion planum
Bembidion postremum
Bembidion postremum
Bembidion praticola
Bembidion praticola
Bembidion punctatostriatum
Bembidion punctatostriatum
Bembidion quadrifoveolatum
Bembidion quadrifoveolatum
Bembidion rapidum
Bembidion rapidum
Bembidion recticolle
Bembidion recticolle
Bembidion robusticolle
Bembidion robusticolle
Bembidion rolandi
Bembidion rolandi
Bembidion roosevelti
Bembidion roosevelti
Bembidion rothfelsi
Bembidion rothfelsi