The Beetles (Order Coleoptera) of Southern California

Trout-stream Beetles
Amphizoidae 1
Ground Beetles
Carabidae 2
Predaceous Diving Beetles
Dytiscidae 3
Whirligig Beetles
Gyrinidae 4
Crawling Water Beetles
Haliplidae 4
Wrinkled Bark Beetles
Rhysodidae 5
False Ground Beetles
Trachypachidae
Skiff Beetles
Hydroscaphidae 6
Reticulated Beetles
Cupedidae 6
Hister Beetles
Histeridae 3
Scavenger Water Beetles
Hydrophilidae 4
Soft-bodied Plant Beetles
Dascillidae 7
Cicada Parasite Beetles
Rhipiceridae 8
Moss Beetles
Byrrhidae
Long-toed Water Beetles
Dryopidae 4
Riffle Beetles
Elmidae 4
Variegated Mud-loving Beetles
Heteroceridae 4
Minute Marsh-loving Beetles
Limnichidae 9
Water-penny beetles
Psephenidae
Wounded-tree Beetles
Nosodendridae 1
Longhorn Beetles
Cerambycidae 10
Leaf Beetles
Chrysomelidae 11
Megalopodid Leaf Beetles
Megalopodidae 4
Ravenous Leaf Beetles
Orsodacnidae
Soft-bodied Plant Beetles
Artematopodidae 1
Soldier Beetles
Cantharidae 12
Rare Click Beetles
Cerophytidae 1
Click Beetles
Elateridae 13
False Click Beetles
Eucnemidae 4
Fireflies
Lampyridae 14
Net-winged Beetles
Lycidae 15
False Soldier Beetles
Omethidae 16
Glowworm Beetles
Phengodidae 17
False Metallic Wood-boring Beetles
Throscidae 18
Wood Borer Beetles
Anobiidae 4
Horned Powder-post Beetles
Bostrichidae 19
Skin Beetles
Dermestidae 20
Antlike Leaf Beetles
Aderidae 5
Ant-like Flower Beetles
Anthicidae 3
Shelf Fungus Beetles
Ciidae 18
False Darkling Beetles
Melandryidae 4
Blister Beetles
Meloidae 21
Tumbling Flower Beetles
Mordellidae 22
Hairy Fungus Beetles
Mycetophagidae 4
Palm and Flower Beetles
Mycteridae 21
False Blister Beetles
Oedemeridae 4
Red Log Beetle
Prostomidae 5
Fire-colored Beetles
Pyrochroidae 23
Dead Log Beetles
Pythidae 24
Wedge-shaped Beetles
Ripiphoridae 25
Narrow-waisted Bark Beetles
Salpingidae 26
False Flower Beetles
Scraptiidae 27
Darkling Beetles
Tenebrionidae 2
Polypore Fungus Beetles
Tetratomidae 28
Ironclad Beetles
Zopheridae 29
Minute Beetles
Clambidae 4
Plate-thigh Beetles
Eucinetidae 9
Marsh Beetles
Scirtidae 24
Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles
Geotrupidae 30
Bumble Bee Scarab Beetles
Glaphyridae 31
Enigmatic Scarab Beetles
Glaresidae 1
Scavenger Scarab Beetles
Hybosoridae 4
Stag Beetles
Lucanidae 32
Sand-loving Scarab Beetles
Ochodaeidae 33
Rain Beetles
Pleocomidae 34
Scarabs
Scarabaeidae 24
Hide Beetles
Trogidae 4
Primitive Carrion Beetles
Agyrtidae 4
Cascade Beetle
Hydraenidae 4
Round Fungus Beetles
Leiodidae 4
Horseshoe Crab Beetles
Ptiliidae 3
Ant-like Stone Beetles
Scydmaenidae
Carrion Beetles
Silphidae 35
Rove Beetles
Staphylinidae 15
False Skin Beetles
Biphyllidae 1
Dry Bark Beetles
Bothrideridae 1
Fruitworms
Byturidae 4
Minute Bark Beetles
Cerylonidae 4
Ladybird Beetles
Coccinellidae 36
Minute Hooded Beetles
Corylophidae 4
Silken Fungus Beetles
Cryptophagidae 4
Flat Bark Beetles
Cucujidae 37
Handsome Fungus Beetles
Endomychidae 1
Pleasing Fungus Beetles
Erotylidae 38
Short-winged Flower Beetles
Kateretidae
Lined Flat Bark Beetles
Laemophloeidae 4
Mildew Beetles
Latridiidae 4
Root-eating Beetles
Monotomidae 4
Sap Beetles
Nitidulidae 39
Parasitic Flat Bark Beetles
Passandridae 4
Shining Flower Beetles
Phalacridae 4
Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles
Silvanidae 4
Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles
Sphindidae 1
Metallic Wood-boring Beetles
Buprestidae 40
False Jewel Beetles
Schizopodidae 1
Checkered Beetles
Cleridae 21
Soft-winged Flower Beetles
Melyridae 35
Bark-gnawing Beetles
Trogossitidae 5
Fungus Weevils
Anthribidae 4
Leaf Rolling Weevils
Attelabidae 41
Straight-snouted Weevils
Brentidae 42
True Weevils
Curculionidae 24
Pine Flower Snout Beetle
Nemonychidae 4
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