Beetle common names

(See below for common names arranged alphabetically by family name)

Common name	Family/subfamily names
Addo flightless dung beetle	Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae
Ant beetles	Anthicidae
Ant-like stone beetles	Scydmaenidae
Ant nest/ ant guest beetles	Paussinae
Auger borers	Bostrychidae
Bark beetles	Scolytidae
Biscuit beetle	Anobiidae
Blister beetles	Meloidae
Carpet beetle	Dermestidae
Carrion beetles	Silphidae
Chafers	Scarabaeidae
Chequered beetles	Cleridae
Christmas beetles	Scarabaeidae - Melolonthinae
Click beetles	Elateridae
CMR beetles (Cape Mounted Rifles)	Meloidae
Cliff water beetles	Aspidytidae
Cycad weevils	Brentidae
Comb beetles	Rhipiceridae
Darkling beetles	Tenebrionidae
Diving beetles	Dytiscidae
Dor beetles	Bolboceratidae
Drugstore beetle	Anobiidae
Dung beetles	Scarabaeidae - Coprinae, Scarabaeinae
Fireflies	Lampyridae
Flightless dung beetle	Scarabaeidae - Scarabaeinae
Fruit chafer	Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae
Furniture beetle	Anobiidae
Glow-worms	Lampyridae
Gnawing beetles	Trogossitidae
Goliath beetle	Scarabaeidae - Goliathiini
Ground beetles - predatory	Carabidae
Hide beetles	Trogidae
Hister beetles	Histeridae
Hump back beetles	Rhipiphoridae
Jewel beetles	Buprestidae
Ladybird beetles	Coccinellidae
Leaf beetles	Chrysomelidae
Leaf-rolling weevils	Attelabidae
Leaf weevils	Apionidae
Lily weevil	Brachyceridae
Longicorn beetles	Cerambycidae
Monkey beetles	Scarabaeidae - Hopliini
Museum beetles	Dermestidae
Net-winged beetles	Lycidae
Pollen beetles	Nitidulidae
Primitive weevils	Brentidae
Protea beetle	Scarabaeidae - Trichostetha
Rhinoceros beetles	Scarabaeidae - Dynastinae
Rice weevils	Dryophthoridae
Rove beetles	Staphylinidae
Sap beetles	Nitidulidae
Seed weevils	Bruchinae
Ship-timber beetles	Lymexylidae
Shot-hole borers	Bostrychidae
Skin and hide beetles	Trogidae
Soft-winged flower beetles	Melyridae
Spanish fly	Meloidae
Spider beetles	Ptinidae
Stag beetles	Lucanidae
Steel beetles	Histeridae
Tiger beetles	Cicindelinae
Tobacco beetle	Anobiidae
Toktokkie beetles	Tenebrionidae
Water beetles	Dytiscidae
Water scavenger beetles	Hydrophilidae
Weevils	Anthribidae Apionidae Attelabidae Brachyceridae Brentidae Dryophthoridae
Whirligig beetles	Gyrinidae

Alphabetical family names

Family names.	Common name
Anobiidae	Biscuit beetle, drugstore beetle, tobacco beetle, furniture beetle
Anthicidae	Ant beetles
Apionidae	Leaf weevils
Aspidytidae	Cliff water beetles
Attelabidae	Leaf-rolling weevils
Bolboceratidae	Dor beetles
Bostrychidae	Auger borers, shot-hole borers
Brachyceridae	Lily weevils
Brentidae	Primitive/ Cycad weevils
Buprestidae	Jewel beetles
Carabidae	Ground beetles
Cerambycidae	Long Horn beetles
Chrysomelidae	Leaf beetles
Cleridae	Chequered beetles
Coccinellidae	Ladybird beetles
Cupedidae
Curculionidae	Weevils
Dermestidae	Carpet beetle, museum beetle
Discolomatidae
Drilidae	Drilid beetles
Dryophtheridae	Rice weevils
Dytiscidae	Water beetles, diving beetles
Elateridae	Click beetles
Gyrinidae	Whirligig beetles
Histeridae	Steel beetles, Hister beetles
Hydrophilidae	Water scavenger beetles
Lampyridae	Fireflies, glow-worms
Lucanidae	Stag beetles
Lycidae	Net-winged beetles
Lymexylidae	Ship-timber beetles
Meloidae	CMR beetles (Cape Mounted Rifles), blister beetles
Melyridae	Soft-winged flower beetles
Nitidulidae	Pollen beetles, sap beetles
Ptinidae	Spider beetles
Rhipiceridae	Comb beetles
Rhipiphoridae	Hump back beetles
Scarabaeidae	Fruit chafers, dung beetles, monkey beetles
Scolytidae	Bark beetles
Scydmaenidae	Ant-like stone beetles
Silphidae	Carrion beetles
Staphylinidae	Rove beetles
Tenebrionidae	Toktokkie beetles, darkling beetles
Trogidae	Hide beetles, skin and hide beetles
Trogossitidae	Gnawing beetles

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