 Tree
of Life. Coleoptera. David Maddison and others. This is the best and
most comprehensive site for information and photographs of beetles. The
information is presented in the form of a phylogenetic tree and user moves
up and down through the tree using a series of navigation buttons. The
information tends to be technical and the coverage of families is spotty,
but the site is excellent none the less.
J.F.
Lawrence and A.F. Newton. Coleoptera Suborders, Series, Superfamilies,
Families, and Subfamilies. The most current classification of the Coleoptera
to the subfamily level.
Larvae
of the Elateriformia (Coleoptera). J.F. Lawrence et al. This site
deals with the larvae of the beetle families classified as "Elateriformia".
Some (but not all) of the families covered are the Elateridae (click beetles),
Lampyridae (fireflies), and Cantharidae (soldier beetles). This site is
on the technical side.
Checklist
of the Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Yves Bousquet. A searchable checklist
of the beetles species of Canada and Alaska. The information given includes
the species name, authors, family, and a distribution map by province
for each species.
Coleoptera.
D.L. Gustafson. This site is a general introduction to the Coleoptera
with special reference to Montana.
Coleoptera. Vratislav
Bejsak. A compendium of links to Coleoptera related sites on the World
Wide Web.
Coleopterists' Society.
This site contains information about the society, a list or resources
on the web, and links to other Coleoptera sites.
Penn
State Entomology. Insect Images Gallery. Images of some common North
American Beetles.
Water
Beetle World. Sharon Kinght Jasper. A newsletter for water beetle
workers with a very complete bibliography wity over 7000 references. The
site also has a variety of other resources besides the bibliography and
newsletter including pictures and links to other beetle related sites
on the web. A great site for the aquatic families of beetles.
Identification
Manual for the Water Beetles of Florida. J.H. Epler. An illustrated
identification manual for the aquatic beetles families found in Florida.
The manual is in the form of an Adobe Acrobat document (pdf).
The
World of Amphizoidae. Weiping Xie. The Amphizoidae are a small family
of aquatic beetles. This web site contains an introduction to the family,
pictures of both adults and larvae, and notes on the classification of
the family.
An
Inordinate Fondness for Beetles. A commercial site advertising a book
by this name by Arthur Evans and Charles Bellamy. The site consists of
samples from the book with some interesting information about beetles
and some nice photographs. Links to Coleoptera Societies and other beetles
sites is included.
BUPRESTIDAE (WOOD BORING BEETLES)
Tree
of Life: Buprestoidea. Charles Bellamy. An introduction to the Buprestidae,
their systematics, biology, and literature. This site contains a nice
selection of photographs of buprestids.
CARABIDAE (GROUND BEETLES)
Carabidae
of the Evergreen State College Campus. Matthew Denton. Information
about the Carabidae (Ground Beetles) and a key to the genera of western
Washington.
Range
Maps of North American Tiger Beetles. David L. Pearson et al. Distribution
maps for the species of tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae)
in North America. There is also a nice bibliography of tiger beetle references
at this site.
Tiger
Beetles of Connecticut. Derek Sikes. This site has general information,
a checklist and a key to species of the Cicindellinae of Connecticut.
Tiger
Beetles of Nebraksa. W.W. Hoback et al. An introduction to tiger beetles,
their biology, food, habitats, and enemies. Lots of very good photographs.
CURCULIONIDAE
Curculio
WWW. Bob Anderson and Wayne Clark. This site has a newsletter related
to weevil research and scientists, some links to other beetle sites on
the web, and a list of weevil pictures on the web. This page has extremely
large pictures and is very slow to download.
SCARABEIDAE (SCARABS, CHAFERS)
Checklist
of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm. Andrew B.T. Smith. A checklist
of the scarabs of the North American region. You can download the list
as either an Adobe Acrobat file or a Microsoft Word document.
Scarabaeidae.
C. Campbell. The scarab beetles are some of the largest and most interesting
of the insects. This web site has information and photographs of some
of the most fascinating and bizarre of these wonderous creatures. Only
some of the species are from North America.
STAPHYLINIDAE (ROVE BEETLES)
Aleocharine
Staphylinid Image Database. Chad Campbell. A searchable database of
images of staphylinids of the subfamily Aleocharinae.
LAMPHYRIDAE (FIREFLIES)
The
Firefly Files. Marc Branham, Ohio State University. Want to learn
about fireflies? Well this is a very good place to go. The site has information
about fireflies, their classification, habitats, behavior, and bioluminescence.
There are also tips on attracting fireflies to your yard or garden.
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