Coleoptera (Beetles)
Species (95)
NORTH AMERICA (60 species)
[Burprestidae]
Golden Burprestid (Burprestis
aerulenta), California
[Burprestidae] Sculptured Metallic
Wood-boring Beetle (Dicercus lurida), Michigan
[Cantharidae] Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus
pennsylvanicus), Michigan
[Carabidae, Cicindelinae] Beautiful
Tiger Beetle
(Cicindela
formosa),
Ohio 1
[Carabidae, Cicindelinae] Tiger Beetle (Cicindela
oregona), California
[Carabidae, Cicindelinae] Tiger Beetle (Cicindela
purpurea), North Dakota
[Carabidae, Cicindelinae] Eastern
Red-bellied Tiger Beetle (Cicindela rufiventris), Ohio
[Carabidae, Cicindelinae] Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela
sexguttata), Michigan 1
[Carabidae, Carabinae] Fiery
Searcher (Calosoma scrutator), West Virginia
[Carabidae, Lebiinae] Ground Beetle (Chlaenius
nemoralis) Michigan
[Cerambycidae] Longhorn Beetle (Amniscus sexguttatus), Michigan
[Cerambycidae] Elder Borer (Desmocercus
palliatus), Michigan
[Cerambycidae] Locust Borer (Megacylline
robinae), Michigan
[Cerambycidae]
Northeastern Pine Sawyer (Monochamus
notatus), Michigan
[Cerambycidae] Pine Sawyer (Monochamus
scutellatus), Manitoba, Canada
[Cerambycidae]
Ash Borer sp. (Neoclytus
scutellaris), Michigan
[Cerambycidae] Brown Prionid
(Orthosoma brunneum), Michigan
[Cerambycidae] Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes
tetrophthalmus), Ontario, Canada
[Cerambycidae]
Banded Longhorn Beetle (Typocerus
velutinus), Ohio
[Chrysomelidae] Leaf
Beetle (Calligrapha philadelphia), Michigan
[Chrysomelidae] Bean
Leaf Beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata), Ontario, Canada
[Chrysomelidae] Golden Tortoise
Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata), Michigan
[Chrysomelidae] Dogbane Beetle (Chrysochus
auratus), Michigan
[Chrysomelidae] Cottonwood Leaf Beetle (Chrysomela
scripta), Florida
[Chrysomelidae] Leaf Beetle (Labidomera
clivicollis), Ontario, Canada
[Chrysomelidae] Colorado Potato
Beetle (Leptinotarsa decimlineata), Michigan
[Chrysomelidae] Tortoise Beetle (Plagiometronia
clavata), Michigan
[Coccinellidae] Fifteen-spotted Lady
Beetle (Anatis labiculata), Michigan
[Coccinellidae]
Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle (Chilocorus
stigma), Michigan
[Coccinellidae] Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia
axyridis), Michigan
[Coccinellidae] Fourteen-spotted
Lady Beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata), Michigan
[Coccinellidae] Lady Beetle (Psyllobora vigintia-maculata), Michigan
[Curculionidae]
Rhubarb Curculio (Lixus concavus),
Michigan
[Curculionidae] Cattail Weevil (Sphenophorus
australis), Michigan
[Curculionidae] Weevil (Genus
unknown), Michigan
[Dysticidae] Predaceous
Diving Beetle (Genus unknown), Michigan
[Elateridae] Eyed Elater (Alaus myops),
South Carolina
[Elateridae] Brown
Click Beetle (Melanotus sp.), Michigan
[Erotylidae] Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Gibbifer
californicus), Arizona
[Erotylidae] Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Megalodacne
fasciata), Tennessee
[Erotylidae] Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Megalodacne
heros), North Carolina
[Gyrinidae] Whirligig Beetle (Dineutus
americanus), Michigan
[Lampyridae] Black Firefly (Lucidota atra),
Michigan
[Lampyridae] Lightning Beetle (Photinus pyralis), Michigan
[Lampyridae] Common
Firefly (Photurus pennsylvanicus), Michigan
[Lycidae] Reticulated
Net-winged
Beetle (Calopteron reticulatum), Michigan
[Lycidae] End-band Net-winged Beetle (Calopteron
terminale), Michigan
[Lycidae] Net-winged Beetle (Dictyopterus
aurora), Michigan
[Meloidae] Black Blister Beetle (Epicauta
pennsylvanica), Michigan
[Meloidae] Blister Beetle (Lytta magister),
California
[Meloidae] Oily Blister Beetle (Meloe
americana), Michigan
[Meloidae] Oil Beetle (Meloe
angusticollis), Michigan
[Meloidae] Blister Beetle (Pyrota
discoidea), Texas
[Phalacridae] Shining Flower Beetle (Genus
unknown), Michigan
[Scarabaeidae] Scarab Beetle (Dichelonyx elongata), Michigan
[Scarabaeidae] Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota
punctata), Michigan
[Scarabaeidae] Japanese Beetle (Popillia
japonica), Michigan, Ontario, Canada
[Scarabaeidae] Bee Mimic Beetle (Trichiotinus piger), Michigan
[Silphidae] American Carrion Beetle (Silpha americana), Michigan
[Staphylinidae]
Rove Beetle (Staphylinus
cinnamopterus),
Michigan
CENTRAL AMERICA (14 species)
[Cantharidae] Soldier Beetle (Genus unknown),
Mexico
[Cantharidae] Soldier Beetle (Genus
unknown), Mexico
[Cerambycidae] Longhorn Beetle (Xenofrea
camixaima), Panama
[Cerambycidae] Long-horned Beetle (Genus
unknown), Mexico
[Chrysomelidae] Tortoise Beetle (Coptocycla
annulus), Costa Rica
[Chrysomelidae] Leaf Beetle (Cephalolaeia
puncticollis), Costa Rica
[Chrysomelidae] Eight-spotted
Flea Beetle (Omophoita cyanipennis), Panama
[Chrysomelidae] Leaf Beetle (Platyphora
boucardi), Panama
[Chrysomelidae] Leaf Beetle (Genus
unknown), Costa Rica
[Chrysomelidae] Leaf Beetle (Genus
unknown), Mexico
[Coccinellidae] Leaf-eating Lady Beetle (Epilachna
mexicana), Mexico
[Coccinellidae] Polished Lady Beetle (Olla
sp.), Costa Rica
[Curculionidae] Weevil (Genus unknown),
Mexico
[Curculionidae] Weevil (Pachnaeus opalus),
Mexico
SOUTH AMERICA (20 species)
[Brenthidae] Primitive
Weevil (Brentus anchorago), Ecuador
[Cerambycidae] Long-horned Beetle (Psalidognathus
friendi), Ecuador
[Cerambycidae] Long-horned Beetle (Taygayba
venezuelensis),
Venezuela 2
[Cerambycidae, Parandrinae] Long-horned Beetle (Parandra?
sp.),
Ecuador 1
[Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae] Leaf
Beetle (Diabrotica? sp.), Ecuador 1
[Chrysomelidae] Leaf Beetle (Genus
unknown), Ecuador
[Chrysomelidae] Leaf Beetle (Genus
unknown), Ecuador
[Chrysomelidae] Leaf Beetle (Genus
unknown), Ecuador
[Cicindelidae] Tiger Beetle (Pseudoxycheila
sp.), Ecuador 1
[Curculionidae, Rhynchophorinae] Weevil
(Genus unknown), Ecuador 1
[Elateridae] Click Beetle (Chalcolepidus
sp.), Venezuela
[Erotylidae] Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Erotylina
sp.), Ecuador
[Erotylidae] Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Erotylus
pretiosa), Brazil
[Erotylidae] Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Erotylus
sp.), Ecuador
[Scarabaeidae] Rhinoceros Beetle (Dynastes
neptunus), Venezuela 3
[Scarabaeidae] Rhinoceros Beetle (Megasoma
actaeon), Brazil 3
[Scarabaeidae] Rhinoceros Dung Beetle
(Oxysternon conspicillatum), Brazil
[Scarabaeidae] Rhinoceros Beetle (Genus unknown), Ecuador
[Scarabaeidae] Shining Leaf Chafer (Pelidnota
sp.), Ecuador 1
[Tenebrionidae] Darkling Beetle (Stenomorpha
sp.), Ecuador
AFRICA (1 species)
[Chrysomelidae] Leaf
Beetle (Genus unknown), Kenya
I wish to thank Mark O'Brien at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Insect Division, for allowing me to use their collection to identify many of these species.
1 These species were identified from my photos by Daniel P. Duran, an entomologist at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
2 This species was identified from my photos by Marcella A. Monné, a Ph.D. student in Entomology at the Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil.
3 These two species were identified from my photos by Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Melio, a graduate student at the Universidade Federal de Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil.