Species list, Checklist of Superorder Holometabola (Holometabolous Insects) for French Guiana (Northern South America)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Superorder Holometabola Heider, 1889 (Holometabolous Insects)
and region French Guiana (Northern South America)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	380 5457 14498	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	380 5457 14498	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	361 5373 14341	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	230 4404 12651	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for French Guiana
218 Families width 12651 Species and 906 Subspecies

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Aderidae Winkler, 1927	Ant-like leaf beetles	3	Species	Taxom
Aididae Schaus, 1906		4	Species	Taxom
Alucitidae Leach, 1815	Many Plumed Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Andrenidae Webster, 1913	Andrenid bees	1	Species	Taxom
Anthelidae Turner, 1904	Australian Lappet Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Anthicidae Latreille, 1819	Ant beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Anthomyiidae Robineau-Des..., 1830	Anthomyiid flies	1	Species	Taxom
Anthophoridae (C. L. Koch, 1846)		0	Species	Taxom
Anthribidae Billberg, 1820	Fungus Weevil	9	Species	Taxom
Apatelodidae Neumoegen & ..., 1894	American Silkworm Moths	9	Species	Taxom
Apidae Latreille, 1802	Bumble bees	218	Species	Taxom
Arctiidae Leach, 1815	Footman moths	75	Species	Taxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802	Assassin flies	69	Species	Taxom
Attelabidae Billberg, 1820	Leaf Rolling Weevil	12	Species	Taxom
Batrachedridae Heinemann & ..., 1876	Batrachedrid Moths	0	Species	Taxom
Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861	Biphyllid beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Bombycidae Latreille, 1802	Lappet moths	41	Species	Taxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802	Bee Flies	12	Species	Taxom
Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802	Auger beetles	9	Species	Taxom
Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845	Cocoon-forming beetles	0	Species	Taxom
Brachodidae Agenjo, 1966	Little Bear Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Braconidae Latreille, 1829	Braconid wasps	23	Species	Taxom
Brentidae Billberg, 1820	Brenthidae	30	Species	Taxom
Buprestidae Leach, 1815	Flat-headed wood-borers	58	Species	Taxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889	Blow flies	16	Species	Taxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856	Cantharids	48	Species	Taxom
Carabidae Latreille, 1802	Carabid beetles	377	Species	Taxom
Carposinidae Walsingham, 1907	Carposinid moths	1	Species	Taxom
Castniidae Boisduval, 1828	Castniid moths	15	Species	Taxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834	Forest Midges	2	Species	Taxom
Celyphidae Bigot, 1852	Beetle flies	1	Species	Taxom
Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802	Long Horn beetles	1410	Species	Taxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834	Biting midge	31	Species	Taxom
Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834	Cerophytid beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820	Cerylid Kingfishers	1	Species	Taxom
Chalcididae Latreille, 1817	Chalcidid wasps	15	Species	Taxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834	Phantom midge	10	Species	Taxom
Chelonariidae Blanchard, 1845	Chelonarid beetles	3	Species	Taxom
Choreutidae Stainton, 1854	Choreuitid Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Chrysididae Latreille, 1802	Chrysidid wasps	3	Species	Taxom
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802	Casebearers	265	Species	Taxom
Ciidae Leach, 1819	Minute tree fungus beetles	10	Species	Taxom
Cleridae Latreille, 1802	Checkered Beetle	20	Species	Taxom
Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807	Coccinelles	7	Species	Taxom
Coleophoridae Hübner, 1825	Case moths	0	Species	Taxom
Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841	Colletid bees	5	Species	Taxom
Conopidae Latreille, 1802	Thick-headed Flies	3	Species	Taxom
Copromorphidae Meyrick, 1905	Fig Borers	3	Species	Taxom
Corioxenidae Kinzelbach, 1970		1	Species	Taxom
Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & ..., 1876	Cosmet Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Cossidae Leach, 1815	Borers	57	Species	Taxom
Crabronidae Latreille, 1802	Bee Wolves	6	Species	Taxom
Crambidae Latreille, 1810	Crambid Snout Moths	106	Species	Taxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915		2	Species	Taxom
Ctenuchidae (W. Kirby, 1837)	Ctenuchid moths	1	Species	Taxom
Cucujidae Latreille, 1802	Flat bark beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818	Mosquito	260	Species	Taxom
Curculionidae Latreille, 1802	Ambrosia beetles	349	Species	Taxom
Dalceridae Dyar, 1898	Dalcerid moths	5	Species	Taxom
Dermestidae Hope, 1840	Carpet beetles	6	Species	Taxom
Discolomatidae Horn, 1878		1	Species	Taxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809	Long legged flies	12	Species	Taxom
Douglasiidae Heinemann & ..., 1876	Douglas Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856	Fruit flies	2	Species	Taxom
Dryinidae Haliday, 1840	Dryinid wasps	8	Species	Taxom
Dryopidae Billberg, 1820	Long toed water beetle	3	Species	Taxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815	Diving beetles	36	Species	Taxom
Elachistidae Bruand, 1851	Elachistid moths	48	Species	Taxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815	Click Beetle	198	Species	Taxom
Elmidae Curtis, 1830	Drive beetles	20	Species	Taxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809	Balloon flies	4	Species	Taxom
Encyrtidae Walker, 1837	Encyrtid wasps	6	Species	Taxom
Endomychidae Leach, 1815	False Ladybirds	25	Species	Taxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837	Brine flies	13	Species	Taxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815	Erebid Moths	1631	Species	Taxom
Erotylidae Latreille, 1802	Pleasing Fungus Beetle	34	Species	Taxom
Eucharitidae Latreille, 1809	Eucharitid wasp	1	Species	Taxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829	Click Beetles	14	Species	Taxom
Eulophidae Westwood, 1829	Eulophid wasps	5	Species	Taxom
Eupelmidae Walker, 1833	Eupelmid wasps	7	Species	Taxom
Eurytomidae Walker, 1832	Eurytomid wasps	2	Species	Taxom
Euteliidae Grote, 1882	Euteliid Moths	23	Species	Taxom
Evaniidae Latreille, 1802	Ensign wasp	2	Species	Taxom
Formicidae Latreille, 1809	Ants	814	Species	Taxom
Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854	Gelechiid moths	10	Species	Taxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815	Cankerworm moths	427	Species	Taxom
Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802	Dor beetles	14	Species	Taxom
Glossosomatidae Wallengren, 1891	Little Black Caddisflies	1	Species	Taxom
Glyphipterigidae Stainton, 1854	Glyphipterigid moths	6	Species	Taxom
Gracillariidae Stainton, 1854	Blotch leaf miner moths	6	Species	Taxom
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802	Whirligig beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Halictidae Thomson, 1869	Flower bees	17	Species	Taxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857	American Butterfly Moths	16	Species	Taxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809	Skipper	337	Species	Taxom
Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808	Clown beetle	334	Species	Taxom
Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847	Pill scarab beetles	36	Species	Taxom
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844	Cascade Beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Hydrobiosidae Ulmer, 1905		1	Species	Taxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802	Silver Water Beetles	57	Species	Taxom
Hydropsychidae Curtis, 1835	Net Spinning caddisflies	22	Species	Taxom
Hydroptilidae Stephens, 1836	Micro caddisflies	35	Species	Taxom
Ichneumonidae Latreille, 1802	Ichneumon flies	38	Species	Taxom
Inbiomyiidae Buck, 2006		1	Species	Taxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856	Fungus gnats	1	Species	Taxom
Lacturidae Heppner, 1995	Australian burnet moths	1	Species	Taxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817	Fireflies	28	Species	Taxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841	Eggar Moths	57	Species	Taxom
Latridiidae Erichson, 1842	Minute brown scavenger beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835	Beach flies	9	Species	Taxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821	Round fungus beetles	5	Species	Taxom
Leptoceridae Leach, 1815	Long Horned caddisflies	3	Species	Taxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915	Bird fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Leucospidae Fabricius, 1775	Leucospid wasps	3	Species	Taxom
Limacodidae Duponchel, 1845	Cup moths	38	Species	Taxom
Limnichidae Erichson, 1846	Minute marsh loving beetle	2	Species	Taxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)	Craneflies	3	Species	Taxom
Lucanidae Latreille, 1804	Stag Beetle	6	Species	Taxom
Lutrochidae Kasap & Crowson, 1975	Robust marsh loving beetle	0	Species	Taxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	225	Species	Taxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836	Lycid beetles	8	Species	Taxom
Megachilidae Schenk, 1860	And Resin Bees	7	Species	Taxom
Megalopygidae Herrich-Schä..., 1855	Crinkled Flannel Moths	22	Species	Taxom
Melandryidae Leach, 1815	False Darkling Beetle	3	Species	Taxom
Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810	Blister Beetle	5	Species	Taxom
Melyridae Leach, 1815	Malachite Beetles	4	Species	Taxom
Micropezidae Illiger, 1798	Stilt Flies	3	Species	Taxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878	Mimallonid Moths	54	Species	Taxom
Mordellidae Latreille, 1802	Pintail beetles	28	Species	Taxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802	Face flies	7	Species	Taxom
Mutillidae André, 1907	Cow ant	2	Species	Taxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834	Fungus Gnat	11	Species	Taxom
Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845	Mycterid beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Mymaridae Haliday, 1833	Fairflies	0	Species	Taxom
Myrmecolacidae Saunders, 1872		1	Species	Taxom
Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802	Nitidules	2	Species	Taxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809	Armyworms	477	Species	Taxom
Nolidae Hampson, 1894	Hatted Caterpillars	63	Species	Taxom
Nosodendridae Erichson, 1846	Nosodendrid beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Noteridae C. G. Thomson, 1860	Burrowing water beetle	9	Species	Taxom
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829	Bag Shelter Moths	401	Species	Taxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	500	Species	Taxom
Odontoceridae Wallengren, 1891	Mortarjoint Casemaker Caddisflies	0	Species	Taxom
Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851	Concealer Moths	9	Species	Taxom
Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810	False Blister Beetle	3	Species	Taxom
Oestridae Leach, 1815	Bot flies	3	Species	Taxom
Opostegidae Meyrick, 1893	Opostegid moths	1	Species	Taxom
Orussidae Newman, 1834	Orussid wasps	2	Species	Taxom
Otitidae (Macquart, 1835)	Picture-winged flies	2	Species	Taxom
Pantophthalmidae Williston, 1906	Timber flies	8	Species	Taxom
Papilionidae Latreille, 1802	Apollos	58	Species	Taxom
Passalidae Leach, 1815	Bess beetle	59	Species	Taxom
Pelecinidae Haliday, 1839	Ancestral And Modern Pelecinid Wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Pergidae Rohwer, 1911	Pergid flies	7	Species	Taxom
Periscelididae Oldenberg, 1914	Periscelidid Flies	5	Species	Taxom
Phengodidae LeConte, 1861	Glow-worms	7	Species	Taxom
Philopotamidae Stephens, 1829	Finger Net caddisflies	2	Species	Taxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833	Coffin Flies	31	Species	Taxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835	Brimstones	54	Species	Taxom
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834	Big headed flies	3	Species	Taxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862	Picture-winged flies	2	Species	Taxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805	Pompilid wasps	32	Species	Taxom
Psychidae Boisduval, 1828	Bagmoths	8	Species	Taxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834	Drain flies	142	Species	Taxom
Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820	Pteromalid wasps	4	Species	Taxom
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841	Plume Moths	11	Species	Taxom
Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836	Ptilodactylid beetles	8	Species	Taxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820	Cat fleas	2	Species	Taxom
Pyralidae Latreille, 1802	Flour Moths	75	Species	Taxom
Rhinophoridae Robineau-Des..., 1863	Woodlouse flies	1	Species	Taxom
Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834	Cedar beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Rhipiphoridae Gemminger & ..., 1870	Hump back beetles	0	Species	Taxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909	Marsupial fleas	3	Species	Taxom
Rhopalosomatidae Ashmead, 1896	Rhopalosomatid wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Richardidae Snow, 1896	Richardid flies	1	Species	Taxom
Riodinidae Grote, 1895	Metalmark Butterflies	413	Species	Taxom
Ripiphoridae Gemminger & ..., 1870	Rhipiphoridae	1	Species	Taxom
Ropalomeridae Linder, 1930	Ropalomerid flies	2	Species	Taxom
Rutelidae (MacLeay, 1819)		12	Species	Taxom
Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834	Flesh flies	2	Species	Taxom
Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837	And Giant Silk Moths	183	Species	Taxom
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802	Dung beetles	594	Species	Taxom
Scelionidae Haliday, 1839	Scelionid wasps	6	Species	Taxom
Scenopinidae Burmeister, 1835	Window Flies	0	Species	Taxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820	Black fungus gnats	1	Species	Taxom
Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820	Marsh Flies	8	Species	Taxom
Scirtidae Fleming, 1821	Marsh Beetle	2	Species	Taxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815	Mammoth wasps	0	Species	Taxom
Scydmaenidae (Leach, 1815)	Ant-like stone beetles	5	Species	Taxom
Sematuridae Guenée, 1858	American Swallowtail Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Sepsidae Walker, 1833	Black scavenger flies	1	Species	Taxom
Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828	Clear Wings	9	Species	Taxom
Silphidae Latreille, 1807	Burying And Carrion Beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Silvanidae Kirby, 1837	Flat bark beetles	3	Species	Taxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834	Black flies	3	Species	Taxom
Sphecidae Latreille, 1802	Digger & Sand wasps	13	Species	Taxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802	Hawk Moths	142	Species	Taxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900	Rove beetles	439	Species	Taxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802	Soldier flies	11	Species	Taxom
Syntomidae (Herrich Scha..., 1846)		1	Species	Taxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802	Drone flies	19	Species	Taxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802	Breeze flies	53	Species	Taxom
Tachinidae (Robineau-Des..., 1830)	Bristle Flies	16	Species	Taxom
Telegeusidae (LeConte, 1861)	Glowworm beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802	Darkling Beetle	43	Species	Taxom
Tenthredinidae Latreille, 1804	Common sawflies	1	Species	Taxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834	Fruit flies	5	Species	Taxom
Thyrididae Herrich-Schä..., 1846	Picture Winged Leaf Moths	9	Species	Taxom
Tineidae Latreille, 1810	& Allies	19	Species	Taxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802	Crane Flies	6	Species	Taxom
Tortricidae Latreille, 1803	Bell Moths	18	Species	Taxom
Trigonalidae (Cresson, 1887)	Trigonalid sawflies	0	Species	Taxom
Trogidae (MacLeay, 1819)	Gnawer beetles	3	Species	Taxom
Trogossitidae Latreille, 1802	Bark gnawing beetle	5	Species	Taxom
Uraniidae Blanchard, 1845	Swallowtail Moths	13	Species	Taxom
Vermileonidae Williston, 1886	Wormlion	1	Species	Taxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815	And Allies	124	Species	Taxom
Yponomeutidae Stephens, 1829	Ermine Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Zopheridae Solier, 1834	Cylindrical bark beetles	10	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Holometabola with occurrences in French Guiana

Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	70 1885 4696	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 Flies, Gnats, hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies, Two-Winged Flies	53 297 812	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps	37 356 1378	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	56 1832 5690	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies, snow scorpionflies, Snowflies	4 7 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Strepsiptera Kirby, 1813 Parasitic insects, Strepsipterans, Stylops, Twisted-wing insects, Twisted-wing parasites, Twisted-winged Insects, twisted-winged parasite, Twisted-winged parasites	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Trichoptera Kirby, 1813 Caddis-Flies, Caddisflies, Caddisfly, Cased Caddis, Cased Caddis-Flies, Caseless Caddis, Caseless Caddis-Flies, Rail-flies, Sedge-flies	8 25 65	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Holometabola at itis.gov