Coleoptera > Coleoptera Index
The largest of all orders, Coleoptera represent almost 40% of known insects species and 25% of all known animal life-forms. We present the following selection of members of the Coleoptera order found here in Australia. We like to thank the many contributors, who have shared their insights and photographs of an interesting group of insects…
Coleoptera
Buprestidae & Castiarina
Carphurus
Cerambycidae
Christmas Beetles
Chrysomelidae
Curculionidae
Melyridae
Paropsis & Paropsisterna
Scarabaeidae
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborders:
- Adephaga
- Archostemata
- Myxophaga
- Polyphaga
- Family:
- Apionidae
- Brachyceridae
- Cetoniidae
Footnote & References
- Beetles: Order Coleoptera, Auystralian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/beetles-order-coleoptera/
- Beetle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetle (last visited Apr. 24, 2022)
- Coleoptera: beetles and weevils, Insects and their Allies, CSIRO, https://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/coleoptera.html
ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Anoplognathus macleayi (Christmas Beetle) Anoplognathus porosus Washerwoman (Anoplognathus porosus) Aphanestes gymnopleura Aporocera speciosa Atractocerus crassicornis Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae More Buprestidae Buprestidae Index Jewel Beetles Astraeus Bubastes pilbarensis Calodema plebeia Calotemognatha Castiarina Cyrioides Diadoxus Hypocisseis suturalis Diphucrania Julodimorpha saundersii Melobasis Merimna atrata Metaxymorpha grayii Metaxymorpha gloriosa Stigmodera Temognatha Torresita cuprifera Carphurus Carphurus Index Carphurus cyaneipennis Carphurus cyanopterus Carphurus fasciculatus Carphurus frenchi Carphurus longicollis Carphurus pravus Cerambycidae Longhorn Beetles Index Chlorophorus curtisi Didymocantha obliqua Pachydissus sp Rhytiphora Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Christmas Beetles Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus brunnipennis) Christmas Beetles (Anoplognathus) Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus macleayi) Christmas Beetles (Diphucephala) Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Chrysomelidae Index Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Platymela hasenpuschi Spilopyra sumptuosa (Rainbow Leaf Beetle) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Chrysolopus spectabilis (Botany Bay Diamond Weevil) Lixus Perperus lateralis (White-striped Weevil) Dicranolaius cinctus Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Australoneda bourgeoisi Coccinella transversalis Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Harmonia conformis Olla v-nigrum Orcus australasiae Lepidiota Lucanidae Lucanidae Index Lamprima aurata Lissapterus obesus Prosopocoilus torresensis Lycidae Malachiinae Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles) Hoshihananomia leucosticte Mordella australis Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsis maculata Paropsis porosa Paropsis sospita Paropsisterna sp Paropsisterna Index Paropsisterna beata Paropsisterna fastidiosa Paropsisterna m-fuscum Paropsisterna pictipes Paropsisterna sexpustulata Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhinotia haemoptera Rhinotia suturalis Rhipiceridae Feather-horned Beetle (Rhipicera carinata) Feather-horned Beetle (Rhipicera femorata) Scarabaeidae Scarabaeidae Index Bisallardiana Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles) Schizognathus compressicornis Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
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