Polyphaga
Die Unterordnung Polyphaga ist die artenreichste Unterordnung bei den Käfern und umfasst nicht weniger als 90 % aller Arten.
Hauptmerkmale
- Die hintere Coxa (Basis des Beins) teilt die ersten beiden Sternite nicht.
- Die Notopleurale Naht (unter dem Pronotum) ist nicht vorhanden.
Polyphaga (nach ITIIS - 4. April 2018)
Bostrichiformia - Forbes 1926
- Anobiidae - Fleming 1821
- Bostrichidae - Latreille 1802
- Dermestidae - Latreille 1804
- Endecatomidae - Le Conte 1861
- Nosodendridae - Erichson 1846
- Ptinidae - Latreille 1802
- Jacobsoniidae - Heller 1926
Cucujiformia - Lameere 1938 (nach ITIS - 4. April 2018)
Chrysomeloidea - Latreille 1802
- Cerambycidae
- Chrysomelidae
- Disteniidae wikipedia
- Megalopodidae wikipedia
- Orsodacnidae wikipedia
- Oxypeltidae wikipedia
- Vesperidae wikipedia
- Bruchidae
Cleroidea - Latreille 1802
- Acanthocnemidae
- Cleridae wikipedia
- Dasytidae
- Gietellidae
- Malachiidae wikipedia
- Melyridae wikipedia
- Phloiophilidae
- Prionoceridae
- Thanerocleridae
- Trogositidae wikipedia
Coccinelloidea - Latreille 1807
- Akalyptoischiidae wikipedia
- Alexiidae wikipedia
- Anamorphidae wikipedia
- Bothrideridae wikipedia
- Cerylonidae wikipedia
- Coccinellidae wikipedia
- Corylophidae wikipedia
- Discolomatidae wikipedia
- Endomychidae wikipedia
- Eupsilobiidae wikipedia
- Euxestidae wikipedia
- Latridiidae wikipedia
- Murmidiidae wikipedia
- Mycetaeidae wikipedia
- Teredidae wikipedia
Curculionoidea - Latreille 1802
- Anthribidae wikipedia
- Attelabidae wikipedia
- Belidae wikipedia
- Brentidae wikipedia
- Caridae wikipedia
- Cimberididae wikipedia
- Curculionidae wikipedia
- †Mesophyletidae wikipedia
- Nemonychidae wikipedia
- †?Obrieniidae
Lymexyloidea - Fleming 1821
- Lymexylidae (einziger Vertreter)
Tenebrionoidea - Latreille 1802
- Aderidae wikipedia
- Anthicidae wikipedia
- †Apotomouridae - Bao et al. 2018
- Archeocrypticidae wikipedia
- Boridae wikipedia
- Chalcodryidae wikipedia
- Ciidae wikipedia
- Melandryidae wikipedia
- Meloidae wikipedia
- Mordellidae wikipedia
- Mycetophagidae wikipedia
- Mycteridae wikipedia
- Oedemeridae wikipedia
- Promecheilidae wikipedia
- Prostomidae wikipedia
- Pterogeniidae wikipedia
- Pyrochroidae wikipedia
- Pythidae wikipedia
- Ripiphoridae wikipedia
- Salpingidae wikipedia
- Scraptiidae wikipedia
- Stenotrachelidae wikipedia
- Synchroidae wikipedia
- Tenebrionidae wikipedia
- Tetratomidae wikipedia
- Trictenotomidae wikipedia
- Ulodidae wikipedia
- Zopheridae wikipedia
Elateriformia - Crowson 1960
Buprestoidea
- Buprestidae wikipedia
- Schizopodidae wikipedia LeConte 1861
Byrrhoidea
- Byrrhidae wikipedia
- Callirhipidae wikipedia
- Chelonariidae wikipedia
- Cneoglossidae wikipedia
- Dryopidae wikipedia
- Elmidae wikipedia
- Eulichadidae wikipedia
- Heteroceridae wikipedia
- Limnichidae wikipedia
- Lutrochidae wikipedia
- Psephenidae wikipedia
- Ptilodactylidae wikipedia
Dascilloidea
Elateroidea
- Artematopodidae – Lacordaire, 1857
- Brachypsectridae – LeConte & Horn, 1883
- Cantharidae wikipedia
- Cerophytidae – Latreille, 1834
- Drilidae wikipedia
- Elateridae wikipedia
- Eucnemidae – Eschscholtz, 1829
- Lampyridae wikipedia
- Lycidae wikipedia
- Omalisidae – Lacordaire, 1857
- Omethidae – LeConte, 1861
- Phengodidae – LeConte, 1861
- Plastoceridae – Crowson, 1972
- Rhagophthalmidae – Olivier, 1907
- Telegeusidae – Leng, 1920
- Throscidae – Laporte, 1840
Rhinorhipoidea
- Rhinorhipidae
Scirtoidea
Scarabaeiformia - Crowson 1960
- Belohinidae – Paulian 1959
- Bolboceratidae wikipedia
- Ceratocanthidae – White 1842
- Diphyllostomatidae wikipedia
- Geotrupidae wikipedia
- Glaphyridae wikipedia
- Glaresidae wikipedia
- Hybosoridae wikipedia
- Lucanidae wikipedia
- Ochodaeidae wikipedia
- Passalidae wikipedia
- Pleocomidae wikipedia
- Scarabaeidae wikipedia
- Trogidae wikipedia
Staphyliniformia - Lameere 1900
Histeroidea wikipedia
- Histeridae wikipedia
- Sphaeritidae – Shuckard, 1839
- Synteliidae – Lewis, 1882
- † Cretohisteridae wikipedia
Hydrophiloidea wikipedia
- Epimetopidae – Zaitzev, 1908
- Georyssidae – Laporte, 1840
- Helophoridae wikipedia
- Hydrochidae – Thomson, 1859
- Hydrophilidae wikipedia
- Spercheidae – Erichson, 1837
Staphylinoidea wikipedia
- Agyrtidae wikipedia
- Hydraenidae wikipedia
- Leiodidae wikipedia
- Ptiliidae wikipedia
- Scydmaenidae wikipedia
- Silphidae wikipedia
- Staphylinidae wikipedia
Referenzen
- Wikipedia – Polyphaga – Seite auf Deutsch
- Johnson, Norman F.; Triplehorn, Charles A. (2004). Borror and DeLong’s Introduction to the Study of Insects (7. Auflage). Belmont: Brooks/Cole. S. 365–400, 428–429. ISBN 0-03-096835-6