Other Beetle Families (Polyphaga)

The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles.

The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed.

Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution.

Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family of beetles.

Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles.

Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy, iridescent colors.

Stag beetles compose the family Lucanidae.

Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin.

The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles.

Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles or carpet beetles.

Histeridae is a family of beetles commonly known as clown beetles or hister beetles.

Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles", "betsy bugs", or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the approximately 500 species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their size, ranging from 20 to 43 mm, for having a single "horn" on the

Ptinidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Bostrichoidea.

Cleridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.

The Anthicidae are a family of beetles that resemble ants.

The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,400 described species, many of which are light-emitting.

The Bostrichidae are a family of beetles with more than 700 described species.

Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles". Ripiphoridae are unusual among beetle families in that many species are hypermetamorphic parasitoids, an attribute that they share with the Meloidae.

The Mordellidae are a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements they make when escaping predators, or as pintail beetles due to their elongated abdominal tip.

The family Oedemeridae is a cosmopolitan group of beetles commonly known as false blister beetles, though some recent authors have coined the name pollen-feeding beetles.

The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles.

The beetle family Phengodidae is known also as glowworm beetles, whose larvae are known as glowworms.

Hydrophilidae, also known colloquially as water scavenger beetles, is a family of beetles.

Hydraenidae is a family of very small aquatic beetles, sometimes called "Minute moss beetles", with a worldwide distribution.

Elmidae, commonly known as riffle beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea described by John Curtis in 1830.

Dryopidae is a family of beetles, commonly named long-toed water beetles, in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.

Water-penny beetles are a family (the Psephenidae) of 273 species (in 35 genera) of aquatic beetles found on all continents except Antarctica, in both tropical and temperate areas.

Byrrhidae, the pill beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.

Scirtidae is a family of beetles (Coleoptera).

Helotidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.