Families of Coleoptera in Michigan
The 25,000 or so species of Coleoptera so far described in North America (north of Mexico) are currently assigned to 139 families. The Coleoptera of Michigan represent 114 families in 3 suborders. Below is an alphabetical listing of the 114 families that occur in Michigan. The footnotes summarize some of the information given in the “Taxonomic Notes” tab. Once active, clicking on a family name will open a new page that will list all species reported to occur in Michigan, including valid species that are well-documented to occur in Michigan, those that may occur and still need verification, and those that we consider erroneous. In each list, note that species with fully accepted records are “unmarked,” while those that require further verification are preceded by either a single or double question mark (? or ??). In addition, for your convenience, following the initial list of 114 families is a phylogenetic arrangement of all 139 families of Coleoptera found in North America (north of Mexico) based on BugGuide.
Alphabetical list of 114 families that occur in Michigan
Disteniidae 10
Elateridae
Elmidae
Endomychidae 11
Erotylidae 12
Eucinetidae
Eucnemidae
Euxestidae 13
Geotrupidae
Glaresidae
Gyrinidae
Haliplidae
Heteroceridae
Histeridae
Hybosoridae 14
Hydraenidae
Hydrophilidae
Hydroscaphidae
Ischaliidae
Kateretidae 15
Laemophloeidae
Lampyridae
Latridiidae
Leiodidae
Limnichidae
Lucanidae
Lutrochidae
Lycidae
Lymexylidae
Megalopodidae
Melandryidae
Meloidae
Melyridae
Micromalthidae
Monotomidae
Mordellidae
Murmidiidae 16
Mycetaeidae
Mycetophagidae
Mycteridae 17
Nemonychidae 18
Nitidulidae
Nosodendridae
Noteridae
Ochodaeidae
Oedemeridae
Orsodacnidae
Passalidae
Passandridae
Phalacridae
Phengodidae
Psephenidae
Ptiliidae 19
Ptilodactylidae
Ptinidae
Pyrochroidae
Pythidae
Rhipiceridae
Rhysodidae 20
Ripiphoridae
Salpingidae
Scarabaeidae
Scirtidae
Scraptiidae
Silphidae
Silvanidae
Sphindidae
Staphylinidae 21
Stenotrachelidae
Synchroidae
Tenebrionidae
Tetratomidae
Thanerocleridae
Throscidae
Trogidae
Trogossitidae
Zopheridae 22
1 Anamorphidae was formerly a subfamily within Endomychidae.
2 Brentidae including former Ithyceridae and Apioninae.
3 Carabidae now has Rhysodidae treated as a distinct family.
4 Cerambycidae now has Disteniidae treated as a distinct family.
5 Cerylonidae now has Euxestidae and Murmidiidae treated as distinct families.
6 Chrysomelidae including former Bruchidae.
7 Cucujidae now has the cerylonid clade moved to Coccinelloidea with further splitting.
8 Curculionidae including former Scolytidae, but with Apioninae moved to Brentidae.
9 Cybocephalidae resurrected from Nitudulidae.
10 Disteniidae formerly in Cerambycidae.
11 Endomychidae now has Mycetaeidae treated as a distinct family.
12 Erotylidae including former Languriidae.
13 Euxestidae was formerly a subfamily within Cerylonidae.
14 Hybosoridae including former Ceratocanthidae.
15 Kateretidae including former Brachypteridae.
16 Murmidiidae was formerly a subfamily within Cerylonidae.
17 Mycetaeidae was formerly a subfamily within Endomychidae.
18 Nemonychidae including those treated by some as Cimberidae.
19 Ptiliidae including former Anobiidae.
20 Rhysodidae at times treated within Carabidae.
21 Staphylinidae including former Scydmaenidae.
22 Zopheridae including former Colydiidae.
Phylogenetic arrangement of all 139 families of Coleoptera
found in America north of Mexico (arrangement follows BugGuide)
SUBORDER ARCHOSTEMATA: Cupedidae, Micromalthidae
SUBORDER MYXOPHAGA
SUBORDER ADEPHAGA: Gyrinidae, Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae, Carabidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Amphizoidae, Dytiscidae
SUBORDER POLYPHAGA
Series STAPHYLINIFORMIA
Series SCARABAEIFORMIA
Series ELATERIFORMIA
Series DERODONTIFORMIA
Series BOSTRICHIFORMIA
Series CUCUJIFORMIA