Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources

Coleoptera (beetles)

• 3-D Insects - Virtual models of insects using the virtual reality modeling language.
• A Bibliography of the Cucujidae (sens. lat) - A worldwide bibliography to the flat bark beetles (Coleoptera: Cucujidae (sens. str., Silvanidae, Laemophloeidae, Passandridae) with an emphasis on the systematic literature.
• Aleocharine Staphylinid Image Database - the photographs, scanning electron micrographs, half-tone drawings and line drawings in this database are being accumulated as potential illustrations for a guide to the aleocharine genera of North America and Mexico
• An Illustrated Atlas of the Laemophloeidae Genera of the World - Illustrations of all the described laemophloeid genera (Coleoptera:Laemophloeidae), with notes on their distribution and number of species.
• Aquatic Insects of Michigan - checklist and identification resources
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rheinischer Koleopterologen - Coleopterologists Society of the Rhineland. Germany
• Asian Longhorned Beetle - broad base of information about the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a devastating exotic pest threatening hardwood trees in North America.
• Asociación Europea de Coleopterología
• Australian Faunal Directory - checklists and bibliographies for Australian insects
• Beetle Science - Virtual labs, virtual beetles, videos, carbon dust illustrations, and interactive science features.
• Beetles in Quaternary Studies - study of subfossil beetles at Colby College
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics - Ohio State University
• BugGuide.Net - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
• Buprestidae of Prague, Carabidae of The World - Buprestidae (Jewel Beetles) of Prague and its surroundings, pictures and videos of beetles (Carabidae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae)
• Buprestis - newsletter about jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) edited by Chuck Bellamy
• Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
• Canadian National Collection of Insects - 17 million specimens, mostly North American fauna. Ottawa, Canada.
• Carabidae of Germany
• Carabini of Yugoslavia and adjacent areas - The first in the series is the "Catalogue of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Carabini" representing an interactive, multimedia guide through 140 taxa of Coleoptera from the tribe Carabini registered in Yugoslavia and the surrounding countries.
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History - 6.9 million specimens
• Cerambycidae of Florida - Photographic atlas of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera:Cerambycidae) of Florida, with an AutoMontage habitus photo of each species and a Florida distribution map.
• Cerambycids.com - images of nearctic and neotropical Cerambycidae
• Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida - includes distribution within the state, extralimital distribution, and biology where known
• Checklist of Czech and Slovak Beetles
• Checklist of Iberian-Balearic Coleoptera
• Checklist of Latvian Beetles - Full and updated list of all known species of Coleoptera in Latvia
• Checklist of Tenebrionidae of Australia - including Lagriinae, Alleculinae
• Checklist of the Beetles of Canada and Alaska - nearly 7,500 species
• Checklist of the beetles of Germany - (Coleoptera) Verzeichnis der Kaefer Deutschlands. Compiled by 20 authors in cooperation with numerous coleopterologists. Published both in print (6,479 species presented separately for 18 regions) and in a database version (german checklist and sources of the 76,639 entries, updated taxonomic catalogue of the beetles of Central Europe with 8,887 species and other files).
• Checklist of the Buprestidae of Madagascare and Adjacent Oceanic Islands
• Checklist of the Cerambycidae of Madagascar and Adjacent Islands
• Checklist of the Coleoptera of Oklahoma - Checklist and bibliography of the more than 2400 species of beetles known to occur in Oklahoma
• Checklist of the flat bark beetles of the world - Lists valid names of 1,058 species in families Cucujidae (sens. str.), Silvanidae, Laemophloeidae, and Passandridae, plus information on distribution.
• Chilean Insects - Universidad Catolica, Chile. South American insect photographs with habitats, links to Chilean entomologists, checklists of Buprestidae and Tenebrionidae
• Chironomidae and Water Beetles of Florida - Checklist of the Chironomidae (Diptera) and water beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
• Click Beetles of Hawaii
• Coccinellidae of the Indian Subcontinent - images of common species of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) found in the agro-ecosystems of the Indian region, and their natural enemies. An annotated checklist of the Indian fauna and an illustrated key to common Chilocorus species of India are also available.
• Coleoptera - Tree of Life
• Coleoptera - for discussion of Coleoptera (beetles)
• Coleoptera (Beetles) - for entomologists who work on Coleoptera (beetles), and others interested in insects, beetle collecting, etc.
• Coleoptera Bibliography
• Coleoptera of Great Smoky Mountain National Park
• Coleoptera of Rhode Island, USA: An online checklist - Searchable family and species databases of over 2,100 Coleoptera species expected or documented from the state of Rhode Island.
• Coleoptera Taxonomic Literature Database - references and papers on higher classification of beetles
• Coleopterists' Society - international organization devoted to the study of beetles. The Coleopterists Bulletin issued four times per year. Annual meetings in conjunction with those of the Entomological Society of America
• Colorado potato beetle - Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), an important world-wide pest of potatoes. Life history, a bibliography of about 500 references, and links to related sites
• Colorado Potato Beetle Bibliography - about 500 references devoted to the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say
• Common North American Arthropods - Extensive catalog of copyrighted high-resolution arthropod photographs.
• Corn Rootworm Home Page - central site for Western and Northern Corn Rootworm (Iowa State University)
• Cucujidae (sens. str.) of the World - (Coleoptera) Reviews the taxonomy, distribution, morphology, and biology of the flat bark beetles. Includes color photographs of representative species, a list of species, and a key to the genera of the world.
• E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum - 1 million specimens. Carabidae of the Nearctic are emphasized. University of Alberta. Includes Kenneth Bowman Collection of Lepidoptera.
• Elateridae of Boreal North America - click beetles
• Elateroidea of Central, Caribbean, and South America - click beetles
• Emerald Ash Borer - by David Roberts, Michigan State University. Agrilus planipennis photos and history of impact on ash trees
• Essig Museum of Entomology - 4.5 million specimens, emphasizing western North America.
• Family Scarabaeidae - scarab beetle information, rearing manual, suggested reading
• Fire-Colored Beetles of Wisconsin - (Coleoptera:Pyrochroidae)
• Flea Beetles of North Dakota
• Forest Insects and Their Damage - images from the Southern Forest Insect Work Conference Slide Series  [The Southern Extension and Research Activity-Information Exchange Group-12 SERA-IEG-12)]. Images may be used freely for non-profit educational purposes when accompanied by an appropriate copyright notice.
• Forest Pests of North America - integrated pest management PhotoCD series. Three hundred (300) images in Kodak Photo CD format that can be used to support and assist the implementation of forest IPM in the North America.
• Goliathus - Goliath beetles, some of the largest beetles on earth.
• Goliathus.com : Beetle Breeding Project - Beetle breeding site and image gallery of Cetonidae, Lucanidae, Dynastidae. Over 600 close-up photos of 120+ species of live insects.
• Goliathus.cz: Online entomological experiences and insect museum - Online insect museum of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, including bilateral gynandomorphs.
• Ground Beetles of the World
• Gulf of Guinea Islands' Biodiversity Network - biodiversity of the four islands of Bioko, Principe, Sao Tome and Annobon in the Gulf of Guinea. Entomological resources at present include checklists of the Coleoptera groups Cerambycidae, Lucanidae, Coccinellidae and Caraboidea and Lepidoptera Geometridae and Noctuidae.
• Hforest - Hypermedia Forest Insect and Disease Knowledgebase and Diagnosis.
• Histerid Beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae) of Louisiana
• Illinois Natural History Survey - 6 million specimens. Several insect databases, including a searchable, specimen level Plecoptera database . Dates back to 1858
• Index of Coleopterous Families - index of families of Coleoptera (beetles) of the world
• Insect Field Collection Photos - Arizona Crop Information photos 2000-2003
• Insect Sounds from the Forests of Northern Thailand - crickets, cicadas, and even a sampling of "the blessed silence when the cicadas have stopped"
• Insects as Food - recipes for edible insects
• Insects from Former USSR for Collectors - insects from territory of former USSR, including, type locality, synonyms, range, distribution and variation, taxonomic notes, habitat and biology, similar species.
• Japan Coleopterological Society
• Key to Genera of Chlamydopsinae - (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Requires free Lucid Player
• Lady beetle pictures - images of ladybird beetles
• Lincoln University Entomology Research Museum - 150,000 specimens. New Zealand sub-region with emphasis on the South Island fauna
• Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) of the West Palaearctic Region - taxonomy, biology, and macrophotography of longhorn beetles of the West Palaearctic region
• Louisiana State Arthropod Museum - 400,000 specimens. Fauna of the southcentral United States and Circum-Caribbean region
• Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory - 2.8 million specimens; second largest insect collection in Canada. Major groups include Orthoptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera. McGill University
• Macleay Museum Invertebrate Collection - 500,000 specimens. University of Sydney, Australia
• Museo Mariposas del Mundo - entomological museum with 70,000 specimens. Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and diverse arthropods of the world
• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Insects of the southwestern United States, aculeate hymenoptera, lepidoptera, diptera, coleoptera, odonata
• Nicrophorus Central - for all those whose research involves nicrophorine species (burying beetles) (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Taxonomy, photo gallery.
• North Carolina State University Insect Collection - 1.1 million specimens. Emphasis on North Carolina insects and worldwide Homoptera
• Ohio Coleopterists
• Peabody Museum of Natural History - 900,000 pinned specimens. Yale
• Picture Gallery Of Carabid Beetles - pictures and videos of beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae) from Europe.
• Pleasing Fungus Beetles of North America (Erotylidae) - an introduction to the family, with ecological information, illustrations, and keys to the North American genera
• Quaternary Entomology Laboratory - fossil insects. North Dakota State University
• Reference Library of Digitized Insect Sounds - many diverse insect sounds, including sounds of insect pests of stored products
• SBexpert - decision support system aids forest land managers in the reduction of risk and hazard from spruce beetle outbreaks in Alaska. Also included are an electronic textbook and a literature search program. Windows only
• Scarab Workers: World Directory - International directory of scarab workers (alive and deceased) with full contact information, biographies, interests, images. Alphabetic, taxonomic, and geographic.
• Scarabaeoid Beetles of Wisconsin
• Severin-McDaniel Insect Research Collection - South Dakota, U.S.A.
• Small Hive Beetle - Aethina tumida, a new pest of honeybees established in the southeastern U.S.
• Snow Entomological Research Collection - 4.1 million specimens. University of Kansas Natural History Museum
• Societe D'Entomologie Africaine - African Entomological Society. Coleoptera and Lepidoptera
• Southern Pine Beetle - clearinghouse for information on Dendroctonus frontalis. From Virginia Tech
• Stag Beetles of Taiwan - Images, information, and links about stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) and various other beetles of Taiwan
• Stored Product Insect Images Database - high quality images of Sitophilus, Tribolium and other stored product pests from the Biological Research Unit of the Grain Marketing and Production Research Center in Manhattan, Kansas.
• Stored Product Pest Images CD-ROM - CD-ROM containing 81 different images of stored product pests commonly encountered. Images are provided in three different sizes and resolutions: print quality, display for large audiences and web-optimized.
• Systematic entomology on the Rutelini tribe - Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae, Rutelini tribe - summary of the work of Marc Soula (English and French)
• Tenebrionidae and allied families - includes synonyms, distribution, type location
• Tenebrionidae of Wisconsin
• Thais Entomology - two exhibits. Beautiful World of Butterflies and Shapes and Colors from the World of Beetles
• The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States - Contains species checklists, identification keys, species profiles and images, distributions in Florida and eastern U.S., and literature.
• The Firefly Files - from Ohio State University. Fireflies/lightning bugs/glowworms are really beetles.
• The Fly in your Eye - A small book (pub 1989) about the war deliberately started in Australia between dung beetles and bush flies. Based on CSIRO research. Hard facts, technical drawings, cartoons, jokes. Much used in Australian schools.
• The International Database on Insect Disinfestation and Sterilization - IDIDAS provides information on disinfestation and sterilization of arthropod species, with dosage levels and conditions, efficacy and references. For researchers, phytosanotary regulators, plant protection services and SIT facility and food irradiation operations personnel.
• The University of Wyoming Insect Museum - 250,000 specimens. Holdings are particularly strong in the major orders Hymenoptera (53%), Diptera (12%),Lepidoptera (10%), and Coleoptera (9%). Insect Gallery, with beautiful insects from around the world on display open to public viewing free of charge
• The World of Jewel Beetles - (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
• Tiger Beetle World - information on tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of North America (biology, ecology, identification, techniques for study, research library, resources, cicindelophile directory
• Tiger Beetles of Connecticut - taxonomy, ecology and conservation status of Connecticut's 14 Cicindela species. Keys to adults and larvae.
• Tiger Beetles of North Dakota - biology, morphology, checklist and key
• Trictenotomidae of the World - includes full bibliography, distribution and another interesting information.
• Univeristy of Central Florida Collection of Arthropods - aka the Bug Closet. 135,000 specimens. 33% Coleoptera, 45% Hymenoptera.
• University of Colorado Museum - 550,000 specimens. Many from Rocky Mountain region
• University of Connecticut Biological Collections: Insects - fauna of southern New England
• University of Michigan Musem of Zoology, Insect Division - one of the largest university insect collections in North America with 4.5 million specimens. Especially Odonata, Orthoptera, Acari, Coleoptera, and Homoptera
• University of Minnesota Insect Collection - 3.3 million specimens
• University of Nebraska State Museum - 2 million specimens from U.S. Great Plains and worldwide
• University of Queensland Insect Collection - 700,000 specimens. Australia
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Virgin Islands Beetle Fauna - query by island, family or specimen
• Water Beetle World - newsletter for water beetle workers worldwide. Over 7,000 citations on water beetles.
• Wilbur R. Enns Entomology Museum - at the University of Missouri-Columbia. 5.75 million specimens. Many aquatic insects of Ozark streams
• World Catalogue of Scaphidiinae - (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
• World directory of workers on Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) - authors who worked and are working on tenebrionidae and allied families
• World Educational Films - entomological videos documenting life histories and parasitic hymenoptera. Some clips available online
• Worldwide Bibliography of Aquatic and Semiaquatic Dryopoidea - aquatic and semiaquatic Dryopoidea (Families Dryopidae, Elmidae, Eulichadidae, Limnichidae, Psephenidae and Ptilodactylidae)