page_title: List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera
hierarchical_section_title: List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera
caption_attribution_description: Buprestidae. Wollemi-Yengo, NSW Australia, December 2013.
context_page_description: al. with common names from bugguide.net.
  Order Coleoptera
  Suborder †Protocoleoptera
  Superfamily †Tshekardocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1944
  Family †Tshekardocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1944
  Family †Labradorocoleidae Ponomarenko, 1969
  Family †Oborocoleidae Kukalová, 1969
  Superfamily †Permocupedoidea Martynov, 1933
  Family †Permocupedidae Martynov, 1933
  Family †Taldycupedidae Rohdendorf, 1961
  Superfamily †Permosynoidea Tillyard, 1924
  Family †Ademosynidae Ponomarenko, 1968
  Family †Permosynidae Tillyard, 1924
  Suborder Archostemata
  Family Crowsoniellidae Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983
  Family Cupedidae Laporte, 1836
  Family Micromalthidae Barber, 1913
  Family Ommatidae Sharp and Muir, 1912
  Family Jurodidae Ponomarenko, 1985
  Family †Triadocupedidae Ponomarenko, 1966
  Family †Magnocoleidae Hong, 1998
  Family †Obrieniidae Zherikhin and Gratshev, 1994
  Suborder Myxophaga
  Superfamily †Asiocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1961
  Family †Asiocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1961
  Family †Tricoleidae Ponomarenko, 1969
  Superfamily †Rhombocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1961
  Family †Rhombocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1961
  Superfamily †Schizophoroidea Ponomarenko, 1968
  Family †Schizophoridae Ponomarenko, 1968
  Family †Catiniidae Ponomarenko, 1968
context_section_description: 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.
  Order Coleoptera
  Suborder †Protocoleoptera
  Superfamily †Tshekardocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1944
  Family †Tshekardocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1944
  Family †Labradorocoleidae Ponomarenko, 1969
  Family †Oborocoleidae Kukalová, 1969
  Superfamily †Permocupedoidea Martynov, 1933
  Family †Permocupedidae Martynov, 1933
  Family †Taldycupedidae Rohdendorf, 1961
  Superfamily †Permosynoidea Tillyard, 1924
  Family †Ademosynidae Ponomarenko, 1968
  Family †Permosynidae Tillyard, 1924
  Suborder Archostemata
  Family Crowsoniellidae Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983
  Family Cupedidae Laporte, 1836
  Family Micromalthidae Barber, 1913 (telephone-pole beetle) 
  Family Ommatidae Sharp and Muir, 1912
  Family Jurodidae Ponomarenko, 1985
  Family †Triadocupedidae Ponomarenko, 1966
  Family †Magnocoleidae Hong, 1998
  Family †Obrieniidae Zherikhin and Gratshev, 1994
  Suborder Myxophaga
  Superfamily †Asiocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1961
  Family †Asiocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1961
  Family †Tricoleidae Ponomarenko, 1969
  Superfamily †Rhombocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1961
  Family †Rhombocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1961
  Superfamily †Schizophoroidea Ponomarenko, 1968
  Family †Schizophoridae Ponomarenko, 1968
  Family †Catiniidae Ponomarenko, 1968
  Family †Schizocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1961
  Superfamily Lepiceroidea Hinton, 1936 (1882)
  Family Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936 (1882)
  Superfamily Sphaeriusoidea Erichson, 1845
  Family Torridincolidae Steffan, 1964
  Family Hydroscaphidae LeConte, 1874
  Family Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845
  Suborder Adephaga
  Family †Tritarsidae Hong, 2002
  Family Gyrinidae Latreille, 1810 (whirligig beetles)
  Family Trachypachidae Thomson, 1857 (false ground beetles)
  Family Rhysodidae Laporte, 1840
  Family Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (ground beetles) 
  Family Haliplidae Aubé, 1836 (crawling water beetles)
  Family †Triaplidae Ponomarenko, 1977
  Family †Colymbotethidae Ponomarenko, 1994
  Family †Parahygrobiidae Ponomarenko, 1977
  Family †Coptoclavidae Ponomarenko, 1961
  Family †Liadytidae Ponomarenko, 1977
  Family Meruidae Spangler and Steiner, 2005
  Family Noteridae Thomson, 1860 (burrowing water beetles)
  Family Amphizoidae LeConte, 1853
  Family Aspidytidae Ribera, Beutel, Balke and Vogler, 2002
  Family Hygrobiidae Régimbart, 1879 (1837)
  Family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 (predaceous diving beetles) 
  Suborder Polyphaga
  Infraorder Staphyliniformia
  Superfamily Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802
  Family Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802 (water scavenger beetles)
  Family Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839
  Family Synteliidae Lewis, 1882
  Family Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808
  Superfamily Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802
  Family Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844
  Family Ptiliidae Erichson, 1845
  Family Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859
  Family Leiodidae Fleming, 1821
  Family Silphidae Latreille, 1806
  Family Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802 (rove beetles) 
  Infraorder Scarabaeiformia
  Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802
  Family Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861 (rain beetles)
  Family Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 (earth-boring scarab beetles)
  Family Belohinidae Paulian, 1959
  Family Passalidae Leach, 1815 (bess beetles)
  Family Trogidae MacLeay, 1819 (hide beetles)
  Family Glaresidae Kolbe, 1905
  Family Diphyllostomatidae Holloway, 1972
  Family Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 (stag beetles) 
  Family Ochodaeidae Mulsant and Rey, 1871 (sand-loving scarab beetles)
  Family Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847
  Family Glaphyridae MacLeay, 1819 (bumble bee scarab beetles)
  Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (scarab beetles)
  Family †Coprinisphaeridae Genise, 2004
  Family †Pallichnidae Genise, 2004
  Infraorder Elateriformia
  Superfamily Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821
  Family Decliniidae Nikitsky, Lawrence, Kirejtshuk and Gratshev, 1994
  Family Eucinetidae Lacordaire, 1857
  Family Clambidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1821
  Family Scirtidae Fleming, 1821
  Family †Elodophthalmidae Kirejtshuk and Azar, 2008
  Family †Mesocinetidae Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko, 2010
  Superfamily Dascilloidea Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834)
  Family
caption: Buprestidae
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