Orders

Adult Coleoptera Features

Antenna

11. Antennae filiform...12
Antennae pectinate to plumose...(fire-colored beetles) PYROCHROIDAE 15. Antennae long, usually longer than body; eyes notched ....(long-horned beetles) CERAMBYCIDAE
Antennae much shorter than length of body....16 16. Antennae with distinct elbow and capitate.....(bark beetles) SCOLYTIDAE
Antennae lacking elbow..... 17 25. Antennae highly lamellate ...............................(scarab beetles) SCARABAEIDAE
Antennae not lamellate or only poorly so ...........................................................26 32. Antennae not clubbed .................... (metallic wood borers) BUPRESTIDAE
Antennae clavate ...................... (carrion beetles) SILPHIDAE 33. Antennae clubbed ................................(carrion beetles) SILPHIDAE
Antennae filiform ...................................(fireflies) LAMPYRIDAE