Home›Insect Families›Living or Extinct›YesBrowse ByYesLiving or extinct separates a taxon's surviving members from those known only from fossils. Wikipedia notes "the 41 officially recognized extant Felidae species" live today, while the "saber-toothed cats" of the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae, including the famous saber-toothed tiger, do not. This dimension lets a visitor tell a still-living branch of a family tree from an extinct one.FactsYesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonTaxonomic Rank OrderWell-attested6 1YesFilter Results92 entriesCommon GroupAllAnt and Bee Families (Hymenoptera) (2)Butterfly Families (6)Flat Bark and Fungus Beetle Families (Cucujoidea) (25)Ground, Diving and Water Beetle Families (Adephaga) (6)Moth Families (16)Other Beetle Families (Polyphaga) (30)Weevil, Leaf Beetle and Longhorn Families (6)Geographic DistributionAllCosmopolitan, in every land region except Antarctica (1)Throughout most of the world (1)Taxonomic RankAllFamily (92)Everyday GroupAllAnt and Bee Families (Hymenoptera) (2)Butterfly Families (6)Flat Bark and Fungus Beetle Families (Cucujoidea) (25)Ground, Diving and Water Beetle Families (Adephaga) (6)Moth Families (16)Other Beetle Families (Polyphaga) (30)Weevil, Leaf Beetle and Longhorn Families (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 92AgapythidaeYesAnthicidaeYesAnthribidaeYesApidaeYesAttelabidaeYesBoganiidaeYesBombycidaeYesBostrichidaeYesBrentidaeYesBuprestidaeYesByrrhidaeYesCantharidaeYesCarabidaeYesCavognathidaeYesCerambycidaeYesChrysomelidaeYesCicindelidaeYesCleridaeYesCoccinellidaeYesCossidaeYesCrambidaeYesCryptophagidaeYesCucujidaeYesCulicidaeYesCurculionidaeYesCybocephalidaeYesCyclaxyridaeYesDermestidaeYesDryopidaeYesDytiscidaeYesElateridaeYesElmidaeYesEndomychidaeYesErebidaeYesErotylidaeYesFormicidaeYesGelechiidaeYesGeometridaeYesGyrinidaeYesHaliplidaeYesHelotidaeYesHepialidaeYesHesperiidaeYesHisteridaeYesHobartiidaeYesHydraenidaeYesHydrophilidaeYesKateretidaeYesLaemophloeidaeYesLamingtoniidaeYesLampyridaeYesLasiocampidaeYesLucanidaeYesLycaenidaeYesLycidaeYesMeloidaeYesMonotomidaeYesMordellidaeYesMyraboliidaeYesNitidulidaeYesNoctuidaeYesNoteridaeYesNotodontidaeYesNymphalidaeYesOedemeridaeYesPapilionidaeYesPassalidaeYesPassandridaeYesPhalacridaeYesPhengodidaeYesPhloeostichidaeYesPieridaeYesPriasilphidaeYesProtocucujidaeYesPsephenidaeYesPterophoridaeYesPtinidaeYesPyralidaeYesRiodinidaeYesRipiphoridaeYesSaturniidaeYesScarabaeidaeYesScirtidaeYesSilvanidaeYesSmicripidaeYesSphindidaeYesSphingidaeYesStaphylinidaeYesTasmosalpingidaeYesTenebrionidaeYesTortricidaeYesZygaenidaeYesSources1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic ranktier 2WikipediaTaxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, insect familiesQuote, Taxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, insect familieskingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and speciesView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.