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Checklist for Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Beetles)
and region Iowa City (Johnson County, Iowa, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
63
184
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
63
184
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
55
166
198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
51
158
190
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
30
128
151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Iowa City
30 Families width 151 Species
#CHSTBPDNELRAM
Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807Coccinelles10SpeciesTaxom
Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808Clown beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles14SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles36SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802Darkling Beetle15SpeciesTaxom
Bostrichidae (Latreille, 1802)Auger beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Curculionidae Latreille, 1802Ambrosia beetles12SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802Dung beetles8SpeciesTaxom
Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1937Mould beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802Casebearers4SpeciesTaxom
Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802Long Horn beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Ptinidae (Latreille, 1802)Death-watch and Spider Beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820Cerylid Kingfishers1SpeciesTaxom
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers2SpeciesTaxom
Corylophidae LeConte, 1852Hooded beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Dermestidae Hope, 1840Carpet beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802Silver Water Beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Nitidulidae (Latreille, 1802)Nitidules1SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815Ant-like stone beetles10SpeciesTaxom
Haliplidae Aubé, 1836Crawling Water Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Dryopidae Billberg, 1820Long toed water beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Lucanidae (Latreille, 1804)Stag Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807Burying And Carrion Beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834Cedar beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Elmidae Curtis, 1830Drive beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Anthicidae Latreille, 1819Ant beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Aderidae Winkler, 1927Ant-like leaf beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810Blister Beetle1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Iowa City
128 Genera with 151 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPRSTUZ
Adalia Mulsant, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Aeletes Horn, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Agonum Bonelli, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Aleodorus Say, 01SpeciesTaxom
Alobates Motschulsky, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Alphitophagus Stephens, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Amarochara Thomson, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Amphicerus Guérin-Ménev..., 18981SpeciesTaxom
Anametis Horn, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Aphodius Hellwig, 1798
0SpeciesTaxom
Arthromacra Kirby, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Ataenius Harold, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Atheta Thomson, 1910Vexing Rove Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Atomaria Stephens, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Batrisodes Reitter, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Bembidion Latreille, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Blackburneus Schmidt, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Bolitotherus Candeze, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Brachiacantha Dejean, 1787Spurleg Lady Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Brachygluta C.G. Thomson, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Brachypnoea Gistel, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Brachysomida Casey, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Bradycellus Erichson, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Byrrhodes LeConte, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1946Tumblebug1SpeciesTaxom
Carphacis des Gozis, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Cerylon Latreille, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Ceutorhynchus Germar, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Chilocorus Leach, 1835Red-spotted lady beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Chilothorax Motschulsky, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Chlaenius Bonelli, 1856Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Cicindela Linnaeus, 1834Common Tiger Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Clypastraea Haldeman, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Coccinella Linnaeus, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Coleomegilla Timberlake, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Conotrachelus Schönherr, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1787Mexican dung beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Coptotomus Say, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Crephalia Casey, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Cryptophagus Herbst, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Cybister Curtis, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Cycloneda Crotch, 1835Spotless Lady Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclotrachelus Chaudoir, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Deloyala Chevrolat, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Dermestes Linnaeus, 1774larder beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Dexiogyia Thomson, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Diaperis Geoffroy, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Dicerca Eschscholtz, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Dioedus LeConte, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Diplocheila Brullé, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Distichus Motschulsky, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Distigmoptera Blake, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Dyscinetus Harold, 1798Rice Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscus Linnaeus, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Earota Mulsant and Rey, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Enochrus Thomson, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Epuraea Erichson, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Euconnus Thomson, 18978SpeciesTaxom
Gaurotes Le Conte, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Gyrophaena Mannerheim, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Haliplus Latreille, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hartonymus Casey, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Helichus Erichson, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Hemicrepidius Germar, 1839
0SpeciesTaxom
Henotiderus Reitter, 1877
0SpeciesTaxom
Hippodamia Dejean, 1824Black-spotted lady beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Homalota Mannerheim, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Hoplandria Kraatz, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochara Berthold, 1823Water Scavenger Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilus Müller, 1823Giant Water Scavenger Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hyperaspis Chevrolat, 1824Sigil Lady Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hypnogyra Casey, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Idiostethus Casey, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Ilybius Erichson, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Lebia Latreille, 1831colorful foliage ground beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Leptusa Kraatz, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Listroderes Schoenherr, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Lixus Fabricius, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Lucanus Scopoli, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Magdalis Germar, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Medon Stephens, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Megastilicus Casey, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Merinus LeConte, 17951SpeciesTaxom
Micrearota Casey, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Microclytus LeConte, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Mycetoporus Mannerheim, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecocephalus MacLeay, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Myrmobiota Casey, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Neatus LeConte, 18121SpeciesTaxom
Necrodes Leach, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Neomida Mulsant, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1807Burying Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Odontocorynus Schönherr, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Oiceoptoma Leach, 17712SpeciesTaxom
Oligota Mannerheim, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Orthosoma Audinet-Serv..., 17711SpeciesTaxom
Oxypoda Mannerheim, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Pachybrachis Chevrolat, 1847Scriptured Leaf Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Paradonus Stibick, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Paromalus Erichson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Patrobus Dejean, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Peltodytes Régimbart, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Phyllophaga Harris, 1845June beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Phymatura Sahlberg, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Platydema Castelnau & ..., 18262SpeciesTaxom
Platynus Bonelli, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Platysoma Leach, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolathra Casey, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Psyllobora Dejean, 1824Fungus-eating Lady Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Reichenbachia Leach, 02SpeciesTaxom
Sandalus Knoch, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Scaphisoma Leach, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Scopaeus Erichson, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenus Latreille, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeridium Fabricius, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Sphenophorus Schoenherr, 1838Billbug Weevils1SpeciesTaxom
Statira Audinet-Serv..., 18451SpeciesTaxom
Stenelmis Dufour, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Stenichnus Thomson, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Synaptina Casey, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1792Indet. Mealworm Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Thiasophila Kraatz, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Tomoderus LaFerté-Séne..., 19581SpeciesTaxom
Uloma Dejean, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Zonantes Casey, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Zonitis Fabricius, 18531SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Iowa City
151 Species
Adalia (Adalia) bipunctata Linnaeus, 17582-spot Ladybird
Aeletes (Aeletes) politus J. L. LeConte, 1853
Agonum (Olisares) crenistriatum LeConte, 1863
Aleodorus nigrescens
Alobates pensylvanicus DeGeer, 1775False Mealworm Beetle
Alphitophagus bifasciatus Say, 1824Darkling beetle
Amarochara duryi Casey, 1906
Amarochara inquilina Casey, 1906
Amphicerus gracilis (Casey, 1898)⇒ Amphicerus bicaudatus Say, 1824
Anametis granulata Say, 1831
Arthromacra aenea Say, 1824
Ataenius abditus Haldeman, 1848
Ataenius spretulus Haldeman, 1848Black turfgrass ataenius
Atheta formalis Casey, 1911
Atheta quaesita Casey, 1910
Atomaria (Atomaria) pumilio (Casey, 1900)⇒ Anchicera curtula Casey, 1900
Batrisodes (Declivodes) declivis Casey, 1908
Bembidion (Eupetedromus) graciliforme Hayward, 1897
Bembidion (Eupetedromus) variegatum (Say, 1823)⇒ Bembidion versicolor LeConte, 1848
Blackburneus stercorosus Melsheimer, 1845
Bolitotherus cornutus Panzer, 1794Forked Fungus Beetle
Brachiacantha ursina Fabricius, 1787Orange-spotted Lady Beetle
Brachygluta wickhami Bückle, 2015
Brachypnoea puncticollis Say, 1824Rose leaf beetle
Brachysomida bivittata (Say, 1824)⇒ 
Bradycellus (Triliarthrus) atrimedeus Say, 1823
Canthon (Canthon) imitator Brown, 1946
Cerylon castaneum Say, 1827
Ceutorhynchus (Ceuthorhynchus) rapae Gyllenhal, 1837Cabbage curculio
Ceutorhynchus americanus Buchanan, 1937Blue turnip weevil
Chilocorus stigma Say, 1835Twice-stabbed lady beetle
Chilothorax distinctus (Müller, 1776)⇒ Aphodius distinctus O.F. Müller, 1776
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) erythropus (Germar, 1824)⇒ Chlaenius nigricornis Fabricius, 1787
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) platyderus Chaudoir, 1856Mudskipper
Chrysobothris femorata Olivier, 1790Flat-headed apple tree borer
Cicindela (Cicindela) limbalis Klug, 1834Claybank Tiger Beetle
Clypastraea ornata Casey, 1900
Coccinella (Spilota) novemnotata Herbst, 17939-spot ladybird
Coleomegilla maculata DeGeer, 1775Pink spotted lady beetle
Conotrachelus iowensis Schoof, 1942
Copris fricator Fabricius, 1787
Coptotomus interrogatus Fabricius, 1801
Crephalia recessa Casey, 1910
Cryptophagus croceus Zimmermann, 1869
Cybister (Cybister) fimbriolatus Say, 1823Predaceous Diving Beetle
Cycloneda munda Say, 1835Polished Lady Beetle
Cyclotrachelus (Evarthrus) iowensis Freitag, 1969
Deloyala guttata Olivier, 1790Mottled tortoise beetle
Dermestes (Dermestinus) maculatus DeGeer, 1774Common hide beetle
Dexiogyia angustiventris Casey, 1893
Diaperis maculatus Olivier, 1791Western mock orange
Dicerca (Dicerca) lurida Fabricius, 1775
Dioedus punctatus LeConte, 1866
Diplocheila (Isorembus) major LeConte, 1848
Distichus (Baenningostichus) dicaelus Chaudoir, 1880
Distigmoptera mesochorea Blake, 1943
Dyscinetus morator Fabricius, 1798Rice Beetle
Dytiscus cordieri Aubé, 1838
Earota dentata Bernhauer, 1906
Enochrus (Methydrus) cinctus Say, 1824
Epuraea (Epuraeanella) rufa (Say, 1825)⇒ Epuraea helvola Erichson, 1843
Euconnus clavicornis Casey, 1895
Euconnus femoralis Casey, 1897
Euconnus illustris Casey, 1897
Euconnus leviceps Casey, 1897
Euconnus ludificans Casey, 1897
Euconnus nigripennis
Euconnus occultus Casey, 1897
Euconnus pumilus Casey, 1897
Gaurotes (Gaurotes) thoracica Haldeman, 1847
Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) affinis Mannerheim, 1830Rove beetle
Haliplus (Paraliaphlus) borealis (LeConte, 1850)⇒ 
Hartonymus hoodi Casey, 1914
Helichus lithophilus Germar, 1824
Hippodamia (Hippodamia) convergens Guérin-Ménev..., 1842Convergent Lady Beetle
Hippodamia (Hippodamia) parenthesis Say, 1824Parenthesis Lady Beetle
Homalota plana Gyllenhal, 1810Rove beetle
Hoplandria (Hoplandria) lateralis Melsheimer, 1844
Hydrochara obtusata Say, 1823
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) triangularis Say, 1823Giant Black Water Beetle
Hyperaspis (Oxynychus) undulata Say, 1824Undulate Lady Beetle
Hypnogyra gularis LeConte, 1880
Idiostethus puncticollis Casey, 1920
Ilybius biguttulus Germar, 1824
Ilybius pleuriticus LeConte, 1850Diving Beetle
Lathrobium convictor Casey, 1905
Lebia (Lebia) pumila Dejean, 1831
Leptusa (Boreoleptusa) canonica Casey, 1906
Listroderes squamiger Gyllenhal, 1834
Lixus planicollis (Chittenden, 1930)⇒ Lixus punctinasus LeConte, 1876
Lixus tricristatus (Chittenden, 1930)⇒ Lixus nitidulus Casey, 1891
Lucanus (Pseudolucanus) capreolus (Linnaeus, 1763)⇒ Lucanus cervus Linnaeus, 1758
Magdalis armicollis Say, 1824Red elm bark weevil
Magdalis barbita Say, 1831Black elm bark weevil
Medon laticollis Casey, 1889
Megastilicus formicarius Casey, 1889
Merinus laevis Olivier, 1795
Micrearota loricula Casey, 1910
Micrearota vestigialis Erichson, 1839
Microclytus gazellula (Haldeman, 1847)⇒ Microclytus compressicollis Castelnau & ..., 1841
Mycetoporus lucidulus LeConte, 1863
Myrmecocephalus cingulatus (LeConte, 1866)⇒ Myrmecocephalus australicus Bernhauer & ..., 1926
Myrmecocephalus concinnus Erichson, 1839Rove beetle
Myrmobiota crassicornis Casey, 1893
Neatus tenebrioides Palisot de B..., 1812
Necrodes surinamensis Fabricius, 1775Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Neomida bicornis Fabricius, 1777Two-Horned Darkling Beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825Roundneck Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807Pustulated Carrion Beetle
Odontocorynus iowensis Casey, 1920
Oiceoptoma inaequale Fabricius, 1781Ridged Carrion Beetle
Oiceoptoma noveboracense Forster, 1771Margined Carrion Beetle
Oligota puncticollis Casey, 1911
Orthosoma brunneum Forster, 1771Brown Prionid
Oxypoda amica Casey, 1906
Oxypoda convergens Casey, 1893
Oxypoda perexilis Casey, 1906
Pachybrachis atomarius F. E. Melshe..., 1847Koa moth
Paradonus beckeri Stibick, 1990
Paromalus (Paromalus) bistriatus Erichson, 1834
Patrobus (Neopatrobus) longicornis Say, 1823
Peltodytes (Neopeltodytes) duodecimpunctatus Say, 1823
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) rugosa Melsheimer, 1845Rugose June beetle
Phymatura blanchardi Casey, 1893
Platydema excavata Say, 1824
Platydema ruficornis Sturm, 1826
Platynus (Platynus) decentis Say, 1823
Platysoma (Platysoma) leconti Marseul, 1853
Platysoma (Platysoma) subdepressum MacLeay, 1871Datiscas
Pseudolathra lineiformis Casey, 1910
Psyllobora vigintimaculata Say, 1824Ladybird Beetle
Reichenbachia bicolor Brendel, 1890
Reichenbachia pergrinator
Sandalus niger Knoch, 1801Cedar Beetle
Scaphisoma repandum Casey, 1893
Scopaeus brachypterus Casey, 1905
Scydmaenus saginatus Casey, 1897
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Linnaeus, 1758Water scavenger beetle
Sphenophorus parvulus Gyllenhal, 1838Blue-grass billbug
Statira gagatina Melsheimer, 1845
Stenelmis bicarinata LeConte, 1852
Stenelmis decorata Sanderson, 1938Puff
Stenichnus conjux Casey, 1897
Synaptina merica Casey, 1910
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) molitor Linnaeus, 1758Hardback Beetle
Tenebrio (Tenebrio) obscurus Fabricius, 1792Dark mealworm
Thiasophila wickhami Casey, 1911
Tomoderus inhabilis Werner, 1958
Uloma mentalis Horn, 1870
Zonantes fasciatus Melsheimer, 1846
Zonitis (Parazonitis) cribricollis LeConte, 1853

Subnodes of Coleoptera with occurrences in Iowa City
SuborderAdephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles, Predaceous Diving and Whirligig Beetles
3
18
21
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
27
110
130
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Coleoptera (Linnaeus 1758)
Coleoptera (Linnaeus 1758)


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