Important groups

Carabidae - ground and tiger beetles, Dytiscidae - predacious diving beetles, Dermestidae - skin beetles, Bostrichidae - branch-and-twig borers, Anobiidae - death-watch beetles, Ptinidae - spider beetles, Nitidulidae - sap beetles, Coccinellidae - ladybird beetles, Melandryidae - false darkling beetles, Mordellidae - tumbling flower beetles, Oedemeridae - false blister beetles, Anthicidae - ant-like flower beetles, Meloidae - blister beetles, Tenebrionidae - darkling beetles, Chrysomelidae - leaf beetles, Bruchidae - seed beetles, Curculionoidea - weevils, Cerambycoidea, Melyridae - soft-winged flower beetles, Trogossitidae - bark-gnawing beetles, Cleridae - checkered beetles, Chelonariidae - turtle beetles, Buprestidae - jewel beetles, Elateridae - click beetles, Lycidae - net-winged beetles, Lampyridae - fireflies, Drilidae, Cantharidae - soldier beetles, Lucanidae - stag beetles, Geotrupidae - earth-boring dung beetles, Scarabaeidae - scarabs, Hydrophilidae - water scavenger beetles, Histeridae - Clown beetles, Silphidae - carrion beetles, Staphylinidae - rove beetles, Cupedidae - reticulated beetles