Search in Insectoid.Info Custom Search  Insects and other Arthropoda  Ants  Arachnids  Bees  Beetles  Booklice - Barkflies  Bugs  Bumblebees  Cicadas  Crane flies  Dragonflies  Earwigs  Flies  Isopods  Locusts  Mayflies  Mecoptera  Mosquitoes  Moths & Butterflies  Myriapods  Net-winged insects  Plant-parasitic Hemipterans  Praying Mantises  Termites  Wasps Distribution path and Subregions of Quaternary (More Checklists) Path:  Fossils - Cenozoic - Quaternary Subregions:  Holocene, Pleistocene (Lower Pleistocene, Middle Pleistocene, Upper Pleistocene) Taxonomy for Insecta (Insects) in Quaternary Class Quaternary Insecta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insects) - Systematics  184 families, 701 genera, 1463 species Tree Show Info Families 2.679    worldwide Genera 140.885    worldwide Species 1.878.583    worldwide Common names Insects, True insects German names Insekten, Kerbtiere, Kerfe, Freikiefler Dutch names Insecten, Eigenlijke insecten, Insekten Danish names Insekter Finnish names Hyönteiset Norwegian names Insekter Swedish names Egentliga insekter Spanish names Insectos Italian names Insetti, Entomi French names Insecte Portuguese names Insetos Author Carl von Linné (Carl Nilsson Linnæus), 1758 Distribution Continents: Eurasia (Asia, Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Kaukasia, North Eurasia, West Eurasia) America (North America, South America, Central America, Caribbean, West American subregion) Africa (East Africa, Southern Africa, Central Africa, North Africa, West Africa) Oceania (Australasia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia) Antarctica (Antarctic, Subantarctic Islands, Antarctic Islands, Adelie Land, Ross Dependency) Ecozones: Palaearctic (West Palaearctic, East Palaearctic, South Palaearctic) Nearctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical, Indo-Australian region (Oriental, Malesia, Australasian ecozone) Holarctic, Indo-Pacific Fossils: Cenozoic (Paleogene, Neogene, Quaternary) Paleozoic (Cambrian, Permian, Ordovician, Carboniferous, Silurian, Devonian) Mesozoic (Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic) World Oceans: Pacific Ocean (South Pacific, Pacific Islands, North Pacific, West Pacific, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Central Pacific) Atlantic Ocean (British overseas territory Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, North Sea) Indian Ocean (Red Sea, Western Indian Ocean, Great Australian Bight, Eastern Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal) Antarctic Ocean, Arctic Ocean Countries Checklists Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Transnistria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, USA, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe Links and References Insecta in faunaeur.org Insecta in itis.gov Insecta in papua-insects.nl Insecta in dyntaxa.se Subclass Quaternary     Monocondylia (Haeckel, 1866)      1 family, 1 genus, 1 species Subclass Quaternary     Pterygota (Lang, 1888) (Winged insects)      183 families, 700 genera, 1462 species A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Family overview for Insecta (Insects) in Quaternary Acrididae (Macleay, 1819) - 8 Species Short-horned grasshoppers Ademosynidae (Ponomarenko, 1968) - 1 Species Aeshnidae (Rambur, 1842) - 2 Species Darners Agyrtidae (Thomson, 1859) - 1 Species Primitive carrion beetles Amorphoscelidae (Stål, 1877) - 1 Species Apataniidae (Wallengren, 1886) - 2 Species Early Smoky Wing Sedges Aphelinidae (Thomson, 1876) - 1 Species Aphelinid wasps Aphididae (Latreille, 1802) - 1 Species Aphids Aphodiidae (Leach, 1815) - 33 Species Apidae (Latreille, 1802) - 9 Species Stingless bees Aradidae (Spinola, 1837) - 1 Species Flat bugs Arctiidae (Leach, 1815) - 5 Species Tiger Moths Asilidae (Latreille, 1802) - 1 Species Robber flies Asteiidae (Rondani, 1856) - 1 Species Asteiid Flies Attelabidae (Billberg, 1820) - 1 Species Leaf-rolling weevils Belostomatidae (Leach, 1815) - 2 Species Fleas Bethylidae (Halliday, 1839) - 3 Species Bethylid wasps Blaberidae (Saussure, 1864) - 1 Species Giant cockroaches Blattellidae (Karny, 1908) - 3 Species Wood cockroaches Blattidae (Stephens, 1829) -> Blaberidae - 1 Species American cockroaches Bombyliidae (Latreille, 1802) - 3 Species Bee Flies Bostrichidae (Latreille, 1802) - 2 Species False powderpost beetles Brachycentridae (Ulmer, 1903) - 2 Species Humpless Casemaker Caddisflies Brachyceridae (Billberg, 1820) - 11 Species Oobese weevils Brachypteridae (Erichson, 1845) - 2 Species Short-winged Flower Beetles Braconidae (Latreille, 1829) - 1 Species Braconids Brentidae (Billberg, 1820) - 7 Species Straight snout weevils Buprestidae (Leach, 1815) - 12 Species Jewel beetles Byrrhidae (Latreille, 1804) - 25 Species Pill beetles Calliphoridae (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889) - 2 Species Blow flies Cantharidae (Imhoff, 1856) - 4 Species Leatherwings Carabidae (Latreille, 1802) - 316 Species Ground beetles and Tiger beetles Cecidomyiidae (Newman, 1834) - 2 Species Gall gnats Cerambycidae (Latreille, 1802) - 9 Species Longhorn beetles Ceraphronidae (Haliday, 1833) - 2 Species Ceraphronids Ceratopogonidae (Newman, 1834) - 5 Species Biting midges Cercopidae (Leach, 1815) - 2 Species Froghoppers Cerylonidae (Billberg, 1820) - 1 Species Minute bark beetles Chaeteessidae (Handlirsch, 1920) - 1 Species Chalcididae (Latreille, 1817) - 1 Species Chalcids Chironomidae (Erichson, 1842) - 8 Species Midges Chrysididae (Latreille, 1802) - 1 Species Cuckoo wasps Chrysomelidae (Latreille, 1802) - 86 Species Leaf beetles Cicadellidae (Latreille, 1802) - 3 Species Hoppers Cicadidae (Westwood, 1840) - 1 Species Cicadas Cleridae (Latreille, 1802) - 5 Species Checkered beetles Coccinellidae (Latreille, 1807) - 7 Species Lady cows Coenagrionidae (Kirby, 1890) - 1 Species Pond damselflies Coniopterygidae (Burmeister, 1839) - 3 Species Dustywings Corduliidae (Selys-longchamps, 1850) - 1 Species Boghaunters Corixidae (Leach, 1815) - 8 Species Water boatman Corylophidae (Leconte, 1852) - 1 Species Minute fungus beetles Cryptophagidae (Kirby, 1937) - 3 Species Silken fungus beetles Cucujidae (Latreille, 1802) - 2 Species Flat bark beetles Culicidae (Meigen, 1818) - 3 Species Mosquitoes Curculionidae (Latreille, 1802) - 151 Species True weevils Dascillidae (Guérin-méneville, 1843) - 1 Species Soft bodied plant beetles Delphacidae (Leach, 1815) - 1 Species Delphacid planthoppers Dermestidae (Hope, 1840) - 2 Species Skin beetles Derodontidae (Leconte, 1861) - 1 Species Tooth-necked fungus beetles Dolichopodidae (Latreille, 1809) - 2 Species Long-legged flies Drosophilidae (Rondani, 1856) - 2 Species Fruit flies Dryopidae (Billberg, 1820) - 3 Species Long-toed water beetles Dytiscidae (Leach, 1815) - 79 Species Water tigers Ectobiidae (Brunner Von Wattenwyl, 1865) -> Blattellidae - 1 Species Wood cockroaches Elachistidae (Bruand, 1851) -> Eulophidae - 1 Species Grass Miner Moths Elateridae (Leach, 1815) - 18 Species Skipjacks Elcanidae (Handlirsch, 1906) - 2 Species Elmidae (Curtis, 1830) - 12 Species Riffle beetles Empididae (Latreille, 1809) - 1 Species Dance Flies Endomychidae (Leach, 1815) - 2 Species Handsome fungus beetles Enicocephalidae (Stål, 1860) - 1 Species Gnat bug Erebidae (Leach, 1815) - 2 Species Erebid Moths Erotylidae (Latreille, 1802) - 2 Species Pleasing fungus beetles Eucnemidae (Eschscholtz, 1829) - 1 Species False click beetles Eulophidae (Westwood, 1829) - 2 Species Eulophids Fanniidae (Schnabl & Dziezicki, 1911) - 1 Species Little house flies Forficulidae (Stephens, 1829) - 1 Species Formicidae (Latreille, 1809) - 39 Species Ants Fulgoridae (Latreille, 1807) - 1 Species Lanthorn flies Geometridae (Leach, 1815) - 3 Species Geometer Moths Gomphidae (Rambur, 1842) - 1 Species Clubtails Gryllidae (Bolivar, 1878) - 3 Species True Crickets Gyrinidae (Latreille, 1802) - 7 Species Whirligig beetles Halictidae (Thomson, 1869) - 1 Species Sweat bees Haliplidae (Aubé, 1836) - 2 Species Haliplids Heleomyzidae (Westwood, 1840) -> Heteromyzidae - 1 Species Heleomyzid flies Helophoridae (Leach, 1815) -> Hydrophilidae - 1 Species Water scavenger beetles Hesperiidae (Latreille, 1809) - 10 Species Skipper Butterflies Heteroceridae (Macleay, 1825) - 5 Species Variegated mud-loving beetles Heteromyzidae (Fallen, 1820) - 3 Species Heleomyzid flies Hippoboscidae (Samouelle, 1819) - 1 Species Louse Flies Histeridae (Gyllenhal, 1808) - 3 Species Clown beetles Hybotidae (Meigen, 1820) - 1 Species Hybotid flies Hydraenidae (Mulsant, 1844) - 9 Species Minute moss beetles Hydrobiosidae (Ulmer, 1905) - 5 Species Hydrophilidae (Latreille, 1802) - 57 Species Water scavenger beetles Hydropsychidae (Curtis, 1835) - 2 Species Net-spinning caddisflies Hydroptilidae (Stephens, 1836) - 3 Species Purse-case caddisflies Ichneumonidae (Latreille, 1802) - 1 Species Ichneumonids Keroplatidae (Rondani, 1856) - 1 Species Predatory Fungus Gnats Labiduridae (Verhoeff, 1902) - 1 Species Striped earwigs Lasiocampidae (Harris, 1841) - 1 Species Lappet Moths Latridiidae (Erichson, 1842) - 1 Species Minute brown scavenger beetles Leiodidae (Fleming, 1821) - 5 Species Round fungus beetles Lepidopsocidae (Lienhard & Smithers, 2002) - 4 Species Scaly-winged Barklice Leptoceridae (Leach In Brewster, 1815) - 2 Species Long-horn caddisflies Limnephilidae (Kolenati, 1848) - 3 Species Northern caddisflies Limnichidae (Erichson, 1846) - 2 Species Minute mud beetles Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909) - 2 Species Limoniid Crane Flies Liposcelididae (Enderlein, 1911) - 1 Species Booklice Lucanidae (Latreille, 1804) - 2 Species Stag beetles Machilidae (Grassi, 1888) - 1 Species Jumping bristletails Megachilidae (Schenk, 1860) - 3 Species Carder bees Melolonthidae (Leach, 1817) - 4 Species Chafers Melyridae (Leach, 1815) - 1 Species Solf-winged flower beetles Micropezidae (Illiger, 1798) - 1 Species Stilt Flies Miridae (Hahn, 1831) - 1 Species Grass bugs Monotomidae (Laporte, 1840) - 1 Species Root-eating beetles Mordellidae (Latreille, 1802) - 1 Species Pintail beetles Muscidae (Latreille, 1802) - 3 Species House flies Mycetophilidae (Newman, 1834) - 6 Species Fungus gnats Mymaridae (Haliday, 1833) - 2 Species Fairy wasps Nepidae (Latreille, 1802) - 2 Species Water stick insects Nitidulidae (Latreille, 1802) - 2 Species Sap beetles Noctuidae (Latreille, 1809) - 15 Species Owlet Moths Noteridae (C. G. Thomson, 1860) - 1 Species Burrowing water beetles Notonectidae (Latreille, 1802) - 2 Species Greater water boatman Nymphalidae (Rafinesque, 1815) - 11 Species Brush Footed Butterflies Oestridae (Leach, 1815) - 1 Species Bot flies Oligotomidae (Enderlein, 1909) - 1 Species Oxycarenidae (Stål, 1862) - 1 Species Papilionidae (Latreille, 1802) - 1 Species Swallowtail Butterflies Pentatomidae (Leach, 1815) - 3 Species Terrestrial turtle bugs Phalacridae (Leach, 1815) - 3 Species Shining flower beetles Philopotamidae (Stephens, 1829) - 1 Species Finger-net caddisflies Phoridae (Curtis, 1833) - 10 Species Scuttle Flies Phryganeidae (Leach, 1815) - 5 Species Large caddisflies Pieridae (Duponchel, 1835) - 3 Species Yellows & Whites & Sulphurs Platystomatidae (Schiner, 1862) - 2 Species Signal flies Podoscirtidae (Saussure, 1878) - 1 Species Pseudococcidae (Heymons, 1915) - 1 Species Mealy Bugs Psychodidae (Newman, 1834) - 4 Species Owl Midges Pteromalidae (Dalman, 1820) - 3 Species Pteromalids Pterophoridae (Zeller, 1841) - 1 Species Plume Moths Ptiloneuridae (Eertmoed, 1973) - 1 Species Ptinidae (Latreille, 1802) - 7 Species Spider beetles Pyrgotidae (Schiner, 1868) - 1 Species Pyrgotid Flies Reduviidae (Latreille, 1807) - 1 Species Assassin bugs Rhipiphoridae (Gemminger & Harold, 1870) - 2 Species Wedge-shaped beetles Rhynchitidae (Gistel, 1848) - 2 Species Tooth-nosed snout weevils Ricaniidae (Amyot & Audinet-serville, 1843) - 4 Species Romaleidae (Brunner Von Wattenwyl, 1893) - 1 Species Lubber grasshoppers Rutelidae (Macleay, 1819) -> Rutelinae - 1 Species Saldidae (Amyot & Serville, 1843) - 2 Species Shore bugs Sarcophagidae (Macquart, 1834) - 2 Species Flesh flies Saturniidae (Boisduval, 1837) - 1 Species Emperor Moths Scarabaeidae (Latreille, 1802) - 17 Species Scarabs Scelionidae (Haliday, 1839) - 4 Species Scelionids Scutelleridae (Leach, 1815) - 1 Species Shield-backed bugs Scydmaenidae (Leach, 1815) -> Staphylinidae - 1 Species Scydmaenines Silphidae (Latreille, 1807) - 21 Species Carrion beetles Simuliidae (Newman, 1834) - 3 Species Turkey gnat Sphindidae (Jacquelin Du Val, 1860) - 1 Species Dry-fungus beetles Sphingidae (Latreille, 1802) - 2 Species Hawk Moths Staphylinidae (Lameere, 1900) - 141 Species Rove beetles Tabanidae (Latreille, 1802) - 1 Species Horse-fly Tachinidae (Robineau-desvoidy, 1830) - 3 Species Tachinid Flies Tenebrionidae (Latreille, 1802) - 25 Species Darkling beetles Tephritidae (Newman, 1834) - 2 Species Peacock flies Termitidae (Latreille, 1802) - 5 Species Higher termites Tetratomidae (Billberg, 1820) - 1 Species Polypore fungus beetles Tettigoniidae (Krauss, 1902) - 4 Species Long-horned grasshoppers Thripidae (Stevens, 1829) - 1 Species Common thrips Throscidae (Laporte, 1840) - 2 Species False metallic wood-boring beetles Tineidae (Latreille, 1810) - 1 Species Fungus Moths Tortricidae (Latreille, 1803) - 1 Species Leafroller Moths Torymidae (Walker, 1833) - 3 Species Torymids Trachypachidae (C. G. Thomson, 1857) - 1 Species False ground beetles Trichogrammatidae (Haliday, 1851) - 1 Species Trichogrammatids Ulidiidae (Macquart, 1835) - 2 Species Picture-winged Flies Ulodidae (Pascoe, 1869) - 1 Species Vespidae (Leach, 1815) - 1 Species Social Wasps Zopheridae (Solier, 1834) - 5 Species Ironclad beetles 184 Families with 1468 Species in Quaternary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Taxonomy Class Insecta Insects, True insects Author Linnaeus, 1758   Synonyms Apterentoma (Chen, 1958) Archimetabola (Crampton, 1928) Dicondylata (Boudreaux, 1979) Dicondylia (Haeckel, 1866) Ectognatha (Stummer-traunfels, 1891) Ectotropha (Grassi, 1888) Ectotrophi (Grassi, 1888) Ectotrophica (Tillyard, 1926) Euthysanura (Schepotieff, 1909) Phanerognatha (Krausse & Wolff, 1919) Thysanuradelphia (Crampton, 1916) Thysanurata (Bey-bienko, 1962) Thysanurida (Pearce, 1936) Triplura (Ewing, 1942) Keywords A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  Insecta  Arthropoda (Database)  Contact  Copyrights  Distribution Tree  Glossary  Imprint  New pictures  Taxonomy Tree  Unknown insects  Unknown spiders