Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles
Polyphaga
Polyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles. It comprises 144 families in 16 superfamilies, and displays an enormous variety of specialization and adaptation, with over 300,000 described species, or approximately 90% of the beetle species so far discovered.
5 branches of this suborder, most-observed first
Cucujiform Beetles
infraorderCucujiformia
Scarabaeiform Beetles
infraorderScarabaeiformia
Elateriform Beetles
infraorderElateriformia
Staphyliniform Beetles
infraorderStaphyliniformia
Bostrichiform Beetles
infraorderBostrichiformia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71130.