Important Texas Beetle Resources

Carabidae - Ground Beetles

• Tiger Beetles of Texas - Cicindelinae - Mike Quinn
  
• Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico - Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
  

Scarabaeoidea - Scarab Beetles and relatives

• An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas - (PDF) Riley & Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, 37 pp.
• Checklist and Nomenclatural Authority File of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm - Smith, 2009.
  

Buprestidae - Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles

• Buprestidae of Texas - Mike Quinn
• A Synopsis of the Adult and Larval Plant Associations for New World Acmaeoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) - C. L. Bellamy
• A Synopsis of the Adult and Larval Plant Associations for New World Acmaeoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) References - C. L. Bellamy
  

Lampyridae - Fireflies

• Firefly Beetles (Lampyridae) of Texas - Mike Quinn

Dermestidae - Carpet Beetles

• Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) of Texas - Mike Quinn
• Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the World - Andreas Herrmann

Cleridae - Checkered Beetles

• Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) of Texas - Mike Quinn

Laemophloeidae - Lined Flat Bark Beetles

• Laemophloeidae of Florida - Michael C. Thomas

Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles, Ladybugs

• Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) of Texas - Mike Quinn
• The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico - Robert D. Gordon. 1985. J. NY Ent. Soc.

Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles

• The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) - James C. Dunford, Michael C. Thomas, and Paul M. Choate, Jr.
• tenebrioniDBase - A.D. Smith
  
• Tenebrionidae.net

Oedemeridae - False Blister Beetles

• False Blister Beetles (Oedemeridae) of Texas - Mike Quinn

Meloidae - Blister Beetles

• Blister Beetles (Meloidae) of Texas - Mike Quinn

Anthicidae - Ant-like Flower Beetles

• Anthicidae of Texas - Mike Quinn
  

Aderidae - Ant-like Leaf Beetles

• Aderidae of Texas - Mike Quinn
  

Cerambycidae - Longhorned Beetles

• Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) of Texas - Mike Quinn
• Tetraopes species of North America - Mike Quinn
  
• New World Cerambycidae Catalog - Larry G. Bezark

Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles

• Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) of Texas - Mike Quinn
• Cryptocephalus species groups of North America - Based on White (1968)
• Pachybrachis Beetles of Texas - Family Chrysomelidae - Mike Quinn
• Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico - Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, & Terry Seeno
• Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada - Clark, LeDoux, Seeno, Riley, Gilbert, and Sullivan

Curculionoidea - Weevils of Texas

• Weevils of Texas - Curculionoidea - Mike Quinn
  
• Fungus Weevils (Anthribidae) of Texas - Mike Quinn
• Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of the Southeastern U.S. - Thomas H. Atkinson

Aquatic Coleoptera

• The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas - Stephen W. Ziser, Austin Community College, Dept of Biology. 2008-2012
• Aquatic Beetles of Texas: Distribution Records and References
  
• The Water Beetles of Florida: an identification manual - John Epler, 2010 (large PDF file)
  

Checklists, Surveys and Taxonomy

• Illustrated Beetle Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Cameron Co., TX) - Edward G. Riley & Michael A. Quinn, January 2011
• 1,089 species on the SPS list, approximately 14.3% of the documented Texas beetle fauna - Edward G. Riley
• Illustrated Beetle Inventory of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas - Edward G. Riley, December 2011
• 1,799 species on the LCP/Riley Estate list, approximately 23.5% of the beetle species documented for Texas
• Travis County Beetle Survey - Annotated List of Travis County Beetles - Mike Quinn, 2013
  
• Red River Beetle Biota
  
• Trans-Pecos Beetle Survey
  
• The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas - Stephen W. Ziser, Austin Community College, Dept of Biology. 2008-2012
• Aquatic Beetles of Texas: Distribution Records and References
  

• Southeast Arizona Beetle Survey
• Cerambycidae from the Chiricahua Mountain area, Cochise County, Arizona
• A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida - Stewart B. Peck & Michael C. Thomas
• Checklist of the Water Beetles of Florida -  John H. Epler, 2010
• Checklist of the Coleoptera of Louisiana - Matthew L. Gimmel, Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Louisiana State University
• Oklahoma Beetle Biota
  
• Checklist of the Coleoptera of Oklahoma - Don Arnold, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University
• List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan - Ed Riley, 2002
• List of non-native beetles in North America - Beatriz Moisset

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System - ITIS
• Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) - Bouchard et al. 2011
• A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico - 34 Family/Subfamily fascicles (PDFs) - USDA
• See also: Ground / Scarab / Bup / Longhorn / Bark
  

Photographs 

• Travis County (Austin, Texas) Beetle Survey - Mike Quinn
• Families of Coleoptera (beetles) in Austin, Texas - Valerie Bugh
• Representative thumbnail images for every North American beetle family - BugGuide.Net
• Photographic Techniques

Endangered

• Federally Listed Endangered Beetles of Texas

Misc.

• Pollinating Beetles of Texas
  
• Texas Beetle Pages - Treats various common (and not so common) beetle species
• Cameron County Beetles Described by Charles Schaeffer
• Comparative Beetle, Botany and Bird Diversity of Texas and North America - Graph
• MCZ Type Database @ Harvard Entomology
• North American Beetle Taxonomy - Nearctica

Traps, Techniques and Equipment

• Beetle Collecting Techniques

• Insect Collecting Information

• Photographic Techniques
  

Organizations and Entomologists

• Coleopterists' Society - Coleopterists Bulletin Bibliography - Complete Bibliography as of 25 July 2003 - PDF
• The Society of Southwestern Entomologists - Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Mexico

          Individuals

• Early Texas Entomologists - The Handbook of Texas Online
• Scarab Workers (past and present) - World Directory - University of Nebraska-Lincoln State Museum
• List of Coleopterists - Wikipedia
• Cameron County Beetles Described by Charles Schaeffer
• Karl Heinz Stephan 1931-2005 - Karl donated a synoptic set of his collection to the OMNH

Select Beetle Books

General - Buprestidae - Cicindelinae - Cerambycidae - Chrysomelidae - Coccinellidae - Curculionidae

• General Beetle Titles

• American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia - Limited Preview
  Ross H Arnett, Jr.; Michael C Thomas. (editors). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. xvi + 443 pp.

• American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea - Limited Preview
  Ross H Arnett, JR; Michael C Thomas; Paul E Skelley; J. Howard Frank. (editors). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. xiv + 861 pp. 

• Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta, Coleoptera (Beetles) - Direct links to all beetle plates

• Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
  Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY.
  

• A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico
  John M. Kingsolver (editor).1978-1997. 34 Family/Subfamily fascicles. USDA-ARS, Washington, DC.

• A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America
  Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 368 pp.

• Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs
  Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.
  
  
• Methods for Catching Beetles
  Julio, C.A. 2010. Naturalia Scientific Editions, Canelones, Uruguay. 320 pp.

• The Water Beetles of Florida: an identification manual
  John Epler. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL. 399 + iv pp. (large PDF file)

• Buprestidae - Metallic Wood-boring Beetles

• A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico
  Gayle H. Nelson George C. Walters, Jr. R. Dennis Haines Charles L. Bellamy. 2008. Coleopterists Society. 

• Carabidae - Ground Beetles

• Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico.
  Bousquet, Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

• A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada: Identification, Natural History, and Distribution of the Cicindelidae
  David L. Pearson, C. Barry Knisley and Charles J. Kazilek. 2005. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 292 pp.

• Cerambycidae - Longhorn Beetles

• Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States, Special Publication No. 3 
  Steven W. Lingafelter. 2007. Coleopterists Society. 208 pages.
  
  
• Field guide to northeastern longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). - Still just $15...
  Doug Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. 6:1-184. 

• The Cerambycidae of North America. Parts 1-8.
  Linsley E.G. & Chemsak J.A. 1972-1997. University of California Press, Berkeley. 

• The Cerambycidae of North America, Part VII, No. 2: Taxonomy and classification of the subfamily Lamiinae, tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini.
  Linsley, E.G. & J.A. Chemsak. 1995. University of California Publications in Entomology 114: 1-292. 
  
  
• Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere.
  Bezark L.G., and M.A. Monné. 2013. 470 pp.

• Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles

• Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
  Riley, E.G., S.M. Clark, & T.N. Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society. 290 pp. (CD-ROM included)

• Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada
  Clark, S.M., D.G. LeDoux, T.N. Seeno, E.G. Riley, A.J. Gilbert, & J.M. Sullivan.. 2004. Coleopterists Society. 476 pp.

• Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles

• The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
  Gordon, R.D. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93(1):1-912.

• Curculionidae - Weevils

• Rhynchophora or Weevils of North Eastern America.
  Blatchley, W.S. & C.W. Leng. 1916. Nature Publ. Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. 682 pp.

Bibliographies

Texas Beetle Bibliograhy - M. Quinn

Bibliography of Texas Speleology (TEXBIB) - Texas Speleological Society

Aquatic Coleoptera Bibliography (A-K) - (L-Z) - Sharon Knight Jasper, Ph.D.

The Coleopterists Bulletin (PDF) - Complete Bibliography (plus most abstracts) as of 25 July 2003 - The Coleopterists Society

The Coleopterists Bulletin (HTML) - Complete Bibliography - 1947-2001

A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico - PDFs for 34 Family/Subfamily fascicles - USDA

Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) - works to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world

Families (Sub- and Super-)

A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico - PDFs for 34 Family/Subfamily fascicles. USDA

Buprestidae - Chuck Bellamy, 2012

Byrrhoidea - William D. Shepard

Elateridae (PDF) - P.J. Johnson

Dermestidae - Andreas Herrmann

Dryiopoidea - William D. Shepard

Tenebrionidae of e. US spp. - James C. Dunford, Michael C. Thomas, and Paul M. Choate, Jr.

Casey - Thomas Lincoln Casey (1857-1925) Complete List of Publications - LSU

Fall - Henry C. Fall (1862-1939) - (Buprestidae only)

Horn - The Entomological Writings of George Henry Horn - (Includes PDFs to most papers) - LSU
LeConte - The Entomological Writings of John L. LeConte
Say - The Complete Writings of Thomas Say on the Entomology of North America, Volume 1

Schaeffer - M. Quinn

Triplehorn - tenebrionidbase.org

States (other than TX)

Arkansas Coleoptera Bibliography - Jeffrey K. Barnes, Univ. Arkansas Arthropod Museum
Oklahoma Coleoptera (PDF) - Oklahoma State University

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