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 rufinum
Bembidion rufinum
Bembidion rufotinctum
Bembidion rufotinctum
Bembidion rusticum
Bembidion rusticum
Bembidion salebratum
Bembidion salebratum
Bembidion scintillans
Bembidion scintillans
Bembidion sculpturatum
Bembidion sculpturatum
Bembidion sejunctum
Bembidion sejunctum
Bembidion semipunctatum
Bembidion semipunctatum
Bembidion simplex
Bembidion simplex
Bembidion sordidum
Bembidion sordidum
Bembidion sphaeroderum
Bembidion sphaeroderum
Bembidion stillaguamish
Bembidion stillaguamish
Bembidion striola 0
Bembidion striola
Bembidion sulcipenne
Bembidion sulcipenne
Bembidion tigrinum
Bembidion tigrinum
Bembidion timidum
Bembidion timidum
Bembidion transparens
Bembidion transparens
Bembidion umbratum
Bembidion umbratum
Bembidion vandykei
Bembidion vandykei
Bembidion variegatum
Bembidion variegatum
Bembidion vile
Bembidion vile
Bembidion viridicolle
Bembidion viridicolle
Bembidion vulpecula
Bembidion vulpecula
Bembidion wickhami
Bembidion wickhami
Bembidion yukonum
Bembidion yukonum
Berginus nigricolor
Berginus nigricolor
Berginus pumilus
Berginus pumilus
Berninelsonius hyperboreus
Berninelsonius hyperboreus
Berosus blechrus
Berosus blechrus
Berosus exiguus
Berosus exiguus
Berosus fraternus
Berosus fraternus
Berosus hoplites
Berosus hoplites
Berosus miles
Berosus miles
Berosus moerens
Berosus moerens
Berosus ordinatus
Berosus ordinatus
Berosus pantherinus
Berosus pantherinus
Berosus peregrinus
Berosus peregrinus
Berosus pugnax
Berosus pugnax
Berosus punctatissimus
Berosus punctatissimus
Berosus rugulosus
Berosus rugulosus
Berosus salvini
Berosus salvini
Berosus sayi
Berosus sayi
Berosus stylifer
Berosus stylifer
Berosus undatus
Berosus undatus
Berosus youngi
Berosus youngi
Beyer's Scarab
Chrysina beyeri
Beyeria vespa
Beyeria vespa
Biblomimus unplaced
Biblomimus unplaced
Bibloplectus choctaw
Bibloplectus choctaw
Bibloplectus integer
Bibloplectus integer
Bibloplectus ruficeps
Bibloplectus ruficeps
Bibloporus bicanalis
Bibloporus bicanalis
Bicolored Flower Longhorn Beetle
Strangalia bicolor
Bidessonotus longovalis
Bidessonotus longovalis
Big Dipper Firefly
Photinus pyralis
Big Trees Night-stalking Tiger Beetle
Omus sequoiarum
Big-headed Ground Beetle
Scarites subterraneus
Biocrypta magnolia 0
Biocrypta magnolia
Biocrypta prospiciens
Biocrypta prospiciens
Biotus formicarius
Biotus formicarius
Birch Leaf Beetle
Phratora hudsonia
Birch and Beech Girdler
Xylotrechus quadrimaculatus
Bisnius blandus
Bisnius blandus
Bisnius cephalicus
Bisnius cephalicus
Bisnius fimetarius
Bisnius fimetarius
Bisnius quediinus
Bisnius quediinus
Bisnius sordidus
Bisnius sordidus
Bitoma exarata
Bitoma exarata
Bitoma gracilis
Bitoma gracilis
Bitoma pinicola
Bitoma pinicola
Bitoma quadricollis
Bitoma quadricollis
Bitoma quadriguttata
Bitoma quadriguttata
Bitterbrush Jewel Beetle
Acmaeodera purshiae
Bius estriatus
Bius estriatus
Black Bladder-bodied Meloid Beetle
Cysteodemus wislizeni
Black Blister Beetle
Epicauta pennsylvanica
Black Blister Beetle
Epicauta pensylvanica
Black Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus nigrita
Black Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma sayi
Black Elm Bark Weevil
Magdalis barbita
Black Fire Beetle
Melanophila acuminata
Black Firefly
Lucidota atra
Black Hickory Borer
Dorcaschema nigrum
Black Larder Beetle
Dermestes ater
Black Locust Seed Weevil
Trichapion nigrum
Black Meloe
Meloe niger
Black Polycaon
Polycaon stoutii
Black Rain Beetle
Pleocoma puncticollis
Black Sky Tiger Beetle
Cicindelidia nigrocoerulea
Black Sunflower Stem Weevil
Fallapion occidentale
Black Turfgrass Ataenius
Ataenius spretulus
Black Turpentine Beetle
Dendroctonus terebrans
Black Twig Borer
Xylosandrus compactus
Black Vine Weevil
Otiorrhynchus sulcatus
Black Walnut Curculio
Conotrachelus retentus
Black Wood Weevil
Tomolips quercicola
Black and Red Blister Beetle
Megetra cancellata
Black-and-white Click Beetle
Chalcolepidius webbi
Blackburneus stercorosus
Blackburneus stercorosus
Bladus quadricollis
Bladus quadricollis