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List of coleopterans of Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and more are still being discovered to this day. This makes it very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region.

This is a list of the coleopterans found from Sri Lanka, using recent family-level classification:[1]

Species count

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Family: Aderidae - ant-like leaf beetles

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Family: Anthicidae - Ant-like beetles

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Family: Anthribidae - Fungus weevils

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Family: Attelabidae - Leaf-rolling weevils

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Family: Biphyllidae - False Skin beetles

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Family: Bolboceratidae - Dor beetles

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Family: Bostrichidae - Auger beetles

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Family: Bothrideridae - Cocoon-forming beetles

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Family: Brachyceridae - Tertiary-brachycerid weevils

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Family: Brentidae - Straight-snouted weevils

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Family: Buprestidae - Jewel beetles

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Family: Callirhipidae - Cedar beetle

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Family: Cantharidae - Soldier beetle

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Family: Carabidae - Ground beetles

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Family: Cerambycidae - Longhorn beetles

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Family: Cerylonidae - Minute bark beetles

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Family: Chrysomelidae - Leaf beetles

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Family: Ciidae - Minute tree-fungus beetles

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Family: Clambidae - Fringe-winged beetles

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Family: Cleridae - Checkered beetles

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Family: Coccinellidae - Lady beetles

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Family: Cucujidae - Flat bark beetles

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Family: Curculionidae - True weevils and bark beetles

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Family: Dermestidae - Skin beetles

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Family: Dryopidae - Long-toed water beetles

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Family: Dytiscidae - Predaceous diving beetles

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Family: Elateridae - Click beetles

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Family: Elmidae - Riffle beetles

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Family: Endomychidae - Handsome fungus beetles

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Family: Erotylidae - Pleasing fungus beetles

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Family: Eucinetidae - Plate-thigh beetles

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Family: Gyrinidae - Whirligig beetles

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Family: Heteroceridae - Variegated mud-loving beetles

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Family: Histeridae - Clown beetles

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Family: Hybosoridae - Scavenger scarab beetles

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Family: Hydrophilidae - Water scavenger beetles

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Family: Hydroscaphidae - Skiff beetles

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Family: Jacobsoniidae - Jacobson's beetles

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Family: Lampyridae - Fireflies

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Family: Latridiidae - Minute brown scavenger beetles

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Family: Limnichidae - Minute mud beetles

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Family: Lucanidae - Stag beetles

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Family: Lycidae - Net-winged beetles

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Family: Lymexylidae - Ship-timber beetles

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Family: Meloidae - Blister beetles

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Family: Monotomidae - Root-eating beetles

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Family: Mordellidae - Pintail beetles

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Family: Murmidiidae

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Family: Mycetophagidae - Hairy fungus beetles

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Family: Mycteridae - Palm and flower beetles

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Family: Nitidulidae - Sap beetles

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Family: Nosodendridae - Wounded-tree beetles

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Family: Noteridae - Burrowing water beetles

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Family: Oedemeridae - False blister beetles

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Family: Omethidae - False soldier beetles

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Family: Passalidae - Bess beetles

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Family: Prostomidae - Jugular-horned beetles

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Family: Psephenidae - Water-penny beetles

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Family: Ptiliidae - Feather-wing beetles

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Family: Ptinidae - Spider beetles

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Family: Rhynchitidae - Tooth-nosed snout weevils

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Family: Salpingidae - Narrow-waisted bark beetles

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Family: Scarabaeidae - Scarab beetles

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Subfamily: Aphodiinae - Aphodiine dung beetles

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Subfamily: Melolonthinae - White grubs

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Subfamily: Rutelinae - Shining Flower Chafers

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Family: Scirtidae - Marsh beetles

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Family: Scraptiidae - False flower beetles

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Family: Scydmaenidae - Ant-like stone beetles

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Family: Silphidae - Carrion beetles

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Family: Silvanidae - Silvan flat bark beetles

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Family: Staphylinidae - Rove beetles

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Family: Tenebrionidae - Darkling beetles

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Family: Trictenotomidae - Croc beetles

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Family: Trogidae - Hide beetles

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Family: Vesperidae - Vesperid longicorn beetles

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Family: Zopheridae - Ironclad beetles

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Ślipiński, A.; Smith, A. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  2. ^ Balkenohl, Michael (2021-10-21). "Revisiting the Oriental genus Syleter Andrewes, 1941 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. doi:10.35929/RSZ.0050. Retrieved 2022-07-16.