Coleoptera (beetles), by Content Type
Bibliographies
- 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.
- Australian Faunal Directory - checklists and bibliographies for Australian insects
- Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
- Coleoptera Bibliography
- Coleoptera of Great Smoky Mountain National Park
- Coleoptera Taxonomic Literature Database - references and papers on higher classification of beetles
- 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
- Elateridae of Boreal North America - click beetles
- Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) of the West Palaearctic Region - taxonomy, biology, and macrophotography of longhorn beetles of the West Palaearctic region
- Nicrophorus Central - for all those whose research involves nicrophorine species (burying beetles) (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Taxonomy, photo gallery.
- 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.
- Trictenotomidae of the World - includes full bibliography, distribution and another interesting information.
- Water Beetle World - newsletter for water beetle workers worldwide. Over 7,000 citations on water beetles.
- Worldwide Bibliography of Aquatic and Semiaquatic Dryopoidea - aquatic and semiaquatic Dryopoidea (Families Dryopidae, Elmidae, Eulichadidae, Limnichidae, Psephenidae and Ptilodactylidae)
CD-ROM
- Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hforest - Hypermedia Forest Insect and Disease Knowledgebase and Diagnosis.
Checklists
- 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
- Australian Faunal Directory - - checklists and bibliographies for Australian insects
- Buprestidae of Prague, Carabidae of The World - Buprestidae (Jewel Beetles) of Prague and its surroundings, pictures and videos of beetles (Carabidae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Elateridae of Boreal North America - - click beetles
- Elateroidea of Central, Caribbean, and South America - click beetles
- Fire-Colored Beetles of Wisconsin - (Coleoptera:Pyrochroidae)
- 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.
- Histerid Beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae) of Louisiana
- Index of Coleopterous Families - index of families of Coleoptera (beetles) of the world
- 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.
- Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) of the West Palaearctic Region - - taxonomy, biology, and macrophotography of longhorn beetles of the West Palaearctic region
- Nicrophorus Central - - for all those whose research involves nicrophorine species (burying beetles) (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Taxonomy, photo gallery.
- Scarabaeoid Beetles of Wisconsin
- Stag Beetles of Taiwan - Images, information, and links about stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) and various other beetles of Taiwan
- Tenebrionidae and allied families - includes synonyms, distribution, type location
- Tenebrionidae of Wisconsin
- 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.
- 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.
- Virgin Islands Beetle Fauna - query by island, family or specimen
- World Catalogue of Scaphidiinae - (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Collections
- Canadian National Collection of Insects - 17 million specimens, mostly North American fauna. Ottawa, Canada.
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History - 6.9 million specimens
- E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum - 1 million specimens. Carabidae of the Nearctic are emphasized. University of Alberta. Includes Kenneth Bowman Collection of Lepidoptera.
- Essig Museum of Entomology - 4.5 million specimens, emphasizing western North America.
- Illinois Natural History Survey - 6 million specimens. Several insect databases, including a searchable, specimen level Plecoptera database . Dates back to 1858
- Lincoln University Entomology Research Museum - 150,000 specimens. New Zealand sub-region with emphasis on the South Island fauna
- 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
- North Carolina State University Insect Collection - 1.1 million specimens. Emphasis on North Carolina insects and worldwide Homoptera
- Peabody Museum of Natural History - 900,000 pinned specimens. Yale
- Severin-McDaniel Insect Research Collection - South Dakota, U.S.A.
- Snow Entomological Research Collection - 4.1 million specimens. University of Kansas Natural History Museum
- 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
- 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
- Wilbur R. Enns Entomology Museum - at the University of Missouri-Columbia. 5.75 million specimens. Many aquatic insects of Ozark streams
Companies
- World Educational Films - entomological videos documenting life histories and parasitic hymenoptera. Some clips available online
Databases
- 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.
Directories
- Scarab Workers: World Directory - International directory of scarab workers (alive and deceased) with full contact information, biographies, interests, images. Alphabetic, taxonomic, and geographic.
- Tiger Beetle World - - information on tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of North America (biology, ecology, identification, techniques for study, research library, resources, cicindelophile directory
- World directory of workers on Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) - authors who worked and are working on tenebrionidae and allied families
Image Galleries
- 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.
- Beetle Science - Virtual labs, virtual beetles, videos, carbon dust illustrations, and interactive science features.
- BugGuide.Net - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
- Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - - - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
- 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
- Chilean Insects - - Universidad Catolica, Chile. South American insect photographs with habitats, links to Chilean entomologists, checklists of Buprestidae and Tenebrionidae
- 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.
- Common North American Arthropods - Extensive catalog of copyrighted high-resolution arthropod photographs.
- 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.
- Insect Field Collection Photos - Arizona Crop Information photos 2000-2003
- Lady beetle pictures - images of ladybird beetles
- Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) of the West Palaearctic Region - - - taxonomy, biology, and macrophotography of longhorn beetles of the West Palaearctic region
- Nicrophorus Central - - - for all those whose research involves nicrophorine species (burying beetles) (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Taxonomy, photo gallery.
- Picture Gallery Of Carabid Beetles - pictures and videos of beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae) from Europe.
- Quaternary Entomology Laboratory - fossil insects. North Dakota State University
- 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.
- 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.
Institutions
Integrated Pest Management
- Asian Longhorned Beetle - broad base of information about the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a devastating exotic pest threatening hardwood trees in North America.
- Corn Rootworm Home Page - central site for Western and Northern Corn Rootworm (Iowa State University)
- Emerald Ash Borer - by David Roberts, Michigan State University. Agrilus planipennis photos and history of impact on ash trees
- 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
- Small Hive Beetle - Aethina tumida, a new pest of honeybees established in the southeastern U.S.
- Southern Pine Beetle - clearinghouse for information on Dendroctonus frontalis. From Virginia Tech
- 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.
Journals and Newsletters
- 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.
- Water Beetle World - - newsletter for water beetle workers worldwide. Over 7,000 citations on water beetles.
Keys
- Aquatic Insects of Michigan - - checklist and identification resources
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Elateridae of Boreal North America - - - click beetles
- Flea Beetles of North Dakota
- Key to Genera of Chlamydopsinae - (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Requires free Lucid Player
- Nicrophorus Central - - - - for all those whose research involves nicrophorine species (burying beetles) (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Taxonomy, photo gallery.
- 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.
- 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
Mailing Lists
- Coleoptera - for discussion of Coleoptera (beetles)
Professional Societies
Research Programs
Software
- 3-D Insects - Virtual models of insects using the virtual reality modeling language.
- 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
Sounds
Video
- 3-D Insects - - Virtual models of insects using the virtual reality modeling language.
- Beetle Science - - Virtual labs, virtual beetles, videos, carbon dust illustrations, and interactive science features.
- Picture Gallery Of Carabid Beetles - - pictures and videos of beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae) from Europe.
- World Educational Films - - entomological videos documenting life histories and parasitic hymenoptera. Some clips available online
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