Checklist of Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 (Insects)
for French Polynesia (Polynesia)
List of families for French Polynesia
229 Families width 2483 Species and 106 Subspecies
| Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 | Grasshoppers and locusts | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Aeolothripidae Uzel, 1895 | Banded thrips | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842 | Darners | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823 | Leaf miner flies | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Aleyrodidae Westwood, 1840 | Whiteflies | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Alucitidae Leach, 1815 | Many Plumed Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ampulicidae Shuckard, 1840 | Ampulicid wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthicidae Latreille, 1819 | Ant beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthomyiidae Robineau-Des..., 1830 | Anthomyiid flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthribidae Billberg, 1820 | Fungus Weevil | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Aphalaridae Löw, 1879 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Aphelinidae Thomson, 1876 | Aphelinid wasps | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Aphididae Latreille, 1802 | Aphid | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Aphrophoridae Evans, 1946 | Froghoppers | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Apidae Latreille, 1802 | Bumble bees | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aradidae Spinola, 1837 | Flat bug | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Asilidae Latreille, 1802 | Assassin flies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Asteiidae Rondani, 1856 | Asteiid Flies | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Autostichidae Le Marchand, 1947 | Autostichid Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Batrachedridae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Batrachedrid Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Belidae Schönherr, 1826 | Belid Beetle | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861 | Biphyllid beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blaberidae Saussure, 1864 | Blaberids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Blattellidae (Karny, 1908) | German Cockroach | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Blattidae Stephens, 1829 | American cockroaches | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802 | Bee Flies | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802 | Auger beetles | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Braconidae Latreille, 1829 | Braconid wasps | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Buprestidae Leach, 1815 | Flat-headed wood-borers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889 | Blow flies | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Canaceidae (Jones, 1906) | Beach flies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 | Cantharids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carabidae Latreille, 1802 | Carabid beetles | 132 | Species | Taxom | | Carcinophoridae Hincks, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carposinidae Walsingham, 1907 | Carposinid moths | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Carsidaridae Crawford, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802 | Long Horn beetles | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908 | Bird Fleas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 | Biting midge | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Chalcididae Latreille, 1817 | Chalcidid wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chelisochidae Burr, 1907 | Black earwig | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 | Chironomids | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840 | Chloropid flies | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Choreutidae Stainton, 1854 | Choreuitid Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysididae Latreille, 1802 | Chrysidid wasps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802 | Casebearers | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysopidae Schneider, 1851 | And Green Lacewings | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cicadellidae Latreille, 1802 | Cicadellids | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Cicadidae Westwood, 1840 | Cicada | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ciidae Leach, 1819 | Minute tree fungus beetles | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Cixiidae Spinola, 1839 | Cixid planthoppers | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Cleridae Latreille, 1802 | Checkered Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Clusiidae Schönherr, 1840 | Clusiid flies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Coccidae Stephens, 1829 | Soft scale | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807 | Coccinelles | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890 | Narrow-winged damselflies | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Coleophoridae Hübner, 1825 | Case moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841 | Colletid bees | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conchaspididae Green, 1896 | False armored scales | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copromorphidae Meyrick, 1905 | Fig Borers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Corduliidae Selys-Longch..., 1850 | Baskettails | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Coreidae Leach, 1815 | Broad-headed bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Corydiidae de Saussure, 1864 | Sand cockroaches | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Cosmet Moths | 124 | Species | Taxom | | Cossidae Leach, 1815 | Borers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crabronidae Latreille, 1802 | Bee Wolves | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Crambid Snout Moths | 108 | Species | Taxom | | Culicidae Meigen, 1818 | Mosquito | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 | Ambrosia beetles | 238 | Species | Taxom | | Cydnidae Billberg, 1820 | Burrower bugs | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cymidae Baerensprung, 1860 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Delphacidae Leach, 1815 | Delphacid planthoppers | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Derbidae Spinola, 1839 | Derbid planthoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dermestidae Hope, 1840 | Carpet beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Diaspididae Maskell, 1878 | Armored scale insects | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809 | Long legged flies | 103 | Species | Taxom | | Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856 | Fruit flies | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 | Diving beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ectopsocidae | Outer Barklice | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elachistidae Bruand, 1851 | Elachistid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 39 | Species | Taxom | | Empididae Latreille, 1809 | Balloon flies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Encyrtidae Walker, 1837 | Encyrtid wasps | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Endomychidae Leach, 1815 | False Ladybirds | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epermeniidae Spuler, 1910 | Epermeniid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837 | Brine flies | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae Leach, 1815 | Erebid Moths | 69 | Species | Taxom | | Eulophidae Westwood, 1829 | Eulophid wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euteliidae Grote, 1882 | Euteliid Moths | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Evaniidae Latreille, 1802 | Ensign wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Formicidae Latreille, 1809 | Ant | 79 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | Gelechiid moths | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860 | Big-eyed Bugs | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 48 | Species | Taxom | | Gerridae Leach, 1815 | Jesus bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gomphidae Rambur, 1842 | Club-tailed dragonflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gracillariidae Stainton, 1854 | Blotch leaf miner moths | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878 | Crickets | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Halictidae Thomson, 1869 | Flower bees | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliodinidae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Heliodinid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemerobiidae Latreille, 1802 | Brown Lacewing | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | Indet. Skipper | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronemiidae Rehn, J. A. G., 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819 | Keds | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808 | Clown beetle | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hoplopleuridae Ewing, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyblaeidae Hampson, 1903 | Teak Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrometridae Billberg, 1820 | Marsh treader | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802 | Silver Water Beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hydropsychidae Curtis, 1835 | Net Spinning caddisflies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ichneumonidae Latreille, 1802 | Ichneumon flies | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Immidae Heppner, 1977 | Imma Moths | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Iridopterygidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897 | Dampwood termites | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856 | Fungus gnats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labiidae (Burr, 1909) | Little earwig | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Latridiidae Erichson, 1842 | Minute brown scavenger beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835 | Beach flies | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Lemoniidae Hampson, 1918 | Autumn Silkworm Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidopsocidae Lienhard & S..., 2002 | Scaly-winged bark louse | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lepismatidae Latreille, 1802 | Lepismatid Fishmoths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Libellulidae Rambur, 1842 | Chasers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Limnephilidae Kolenati, 1848 | Northern caddisflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liviidae Low, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 | Stag Beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | And blues | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 | Chinch bugs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Megachilidae Schenk, 1860 | And Resin Bees | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Membracidae Germar, 1821 | Horned Treehoppers | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Menoponidae Mjöberg, 1910 | Bird lice | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Milichiidae Schiner, 1862 | Filth flies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Miridae Hahn, 1831 | Capsid bugs | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Mogoplistidae Saussure, 1877 | Scaly cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monophlebidae Signoret, 1875 | Giant scale | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 | Minute Clubbed Beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mordellidae Latreille, 1802 | Pintail beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Muscidae Latreille, 1802 | Face flies | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815 | Hairy fungus beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834 | Fungus Gnat | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Mymaridae Haliday, 1833 | Fairflies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Myopsocidae Enderlein, 1907 | Mouse like barklouse | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874 | Ant cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nabidae Costa, 1852 | Damsel bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Neriidae Hendel, 1916 | Banana stalk flies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802 | Nitidules | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 | Armyworms | 59 | Species | Taxom | | Nogodinidae Melichar, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nolidae Hampson, 1894 | Hatted Caterpillars | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 | Bag Shelter Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notonectidae Latreille, 1802 | Back Swimmers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 41 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851 | Concealer Moths | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810 | False Blister Beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oligotomidae Enderlein, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Otitidae (Macquart, 1835) | Picture-winged flies | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycarenidae Stål, 1862 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 | Apollos | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pediculidae Leach, 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 | Lesser shield bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Peripsocidae Roesler, 1944 | Stout Barklice | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Personidae Gray, 1854 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944 | Walking sticks | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Philopteridae Burmeister, 1830 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Philotarsidae Pearman, 1936 | Loving Barklice | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phlaeothripidae Uzel, 1895 | Thrips | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Phoridae Curtis, 1833 | Coffin Flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | And Sulphurs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Piophilidae Macquart, 1835 | Cheese flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pipunculidae Walker, 1834 | Big headed flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plataspididae (Dallas, 1851) | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 | Picture-winged flies | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Plutellidae Guenée, 1845 | Diamond-back moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyplacidae Fahrenholz, 1912 | Spiny rat lice | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocaeciliidae Pearman, 1936 | False Lizard Barklice | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudococcidae Heymons, 1915 | Mealy Bugs | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudophasmatidae Kirby, 1896 | Striped Walkingsticks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudophyllodromiidae Hebard, 1929 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudostigmatidae Tillyard, 1917 | Forest giants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psocidae Samouelle, 1819 | Common bark louse | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psychodidae Newman, 1834 | Drain flies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Psyllidae Latreille, 1807 | Jumping plant lice | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820 | Pteromalid wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 | Plume Moths | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Ptiliidae Heer, 1843 | Feather-wing beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptinidae Latreille, 1802 | Death-watch and Spider Beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pulicidae Billberg, 1820 | Cat fleas | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 | Flour Moths | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897 | Subterranean termites | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Rhopalid Bugs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Dirt-colored Seed Bugs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Richardidae Snow, 1896 | Richardid flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Riodinidae Grote, 1895 | Metalmark Butterflies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rutelidae (MacLeay, 1819) | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarcophagidae Macquart, 1834 | Flesh flies | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 | And Giant Silk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 | Dung beetles | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Scelionidae Haliday, 1839 | Scelionid wasps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820 | Marsh Flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scutelleridae Leach, 1815 | Jewel bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scydmaenidae (Leach, 1815) | Ant-like stone beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Signiphoridae Howard, 1894 | Signiphorid waps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Silvanidae Kirby, 1837 | Flat bark beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Simuliidae Newman, 1834 | Black flies | 48 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeroceridae Macquart, 1835 | Dung flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 | Digger & Sand wasps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 | Hawk Moths | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900 | Rove beetles | 116 | Species | Taxom | | Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802 | Soldier flies | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Syrphidae Latreille, 1802 | Drone flies | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Tachinidae (Robineau-Des..., 1830) | Bristle Flies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 | Darkling Beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tephritidae Newman, 1834 | Fruit flies | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Tethinidae (Hendel, 1916) | Tethinid flies | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 | Groundhoppers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 | Bush crickets | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Thripidae Stevens, 1829 | Common thrips | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Tineidae Latreille, 1810 | & Allies | 72 | Species | Taxom | | Tineodidae Meyrick, 1885 | False Plume Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tingidae Laporte, 1832 | Lace bug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tipulidae Latreille, 1802 | Crane Flies | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Tortricidae Latreille, 1803 | Bell Moths | 70 | Species | Taxom | | Torymidae Walker, 1833 | Apple seed chalcids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonidiidae (Saussure, 1870) | And Ground Crickets | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Triozidae Löw, 1879 | Jumping plant lice | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tropiduchidae Stål, 1866 | Tropiduchid Planthoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Veliidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843 | Broad-shouldered bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespidae Leach, 1815 | And Allies | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Yponomeutidae Stephens, 1829 | Ermine Moths | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Zopheridae Solier, 1834 | Cylindrical bark beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Insecta with occurrences in French Polynesia
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