Beetles (Order Coleoptra) of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park®
Source: Monroe L, Monroe G (2013) Desert Insects & Kin of Southern California – A Photographic Survey & Natural History Anza-Borrego Desert State Park®. Granite Ridge Nature Institute.
| Family | Genus | Species | Subspecies | Common Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carabidae | Cicindela | oregona | Western Tiger Beetle | |
| Calosoma | semilaeve | Black Calosoma | ||
| Calosoma | parvicollis | Caterpillar Hunter | ||
| Platynus | brunneomarginatus | Ground Beetle | ||
| Chlaenius | cumatilis | False Bombardier Beetle | ||
| Lebia | tuckeri | Colorful Foliage Ground Beetle | ||
| Dytiscidae | Agabus | lugens | Predaceous Diving Beetle | |
| Rhantus | gutticollis | Predaceous Diving Beetle | ||
| Gyrinidae | Gyrinus | sp. | Small Whirligig Beetle | |
| Hydrophilidae | Tropisternus | sp. | Water Scavenger Beetle | |
| Silphidae | Nicrophorus | guttula | Burying Beetle | |
| Nicrophorus | nigrita | Black Burying Beetle | ||
| Staphylinidae | Linohesperus | sp. | Rove Beetle | |
| Linohesperus | hamatus | Rove Beetle | ||
| Scarabaebaeidae | Diplotaxis | fimbriata | Scarab Beetle | |
| Gymnopyge | hirsuta | Scarab Beetle | ||
| Phobetus | saylori | Saylor’s Hairy June Beetle | ||
| Anomala | flavilla | Shining Leaf Chafer | ||
| Paracotalpa | ursina | Little Bear | ||
| Paracotalpa | puncticollis | Punctate Little Bear | ||
| Cyclocephala | melanocephala | Datura Scarab Beetle | ||
| Cyclocephala | longula | Scarab Beetle | ||
| Cremastocheilus | armatus | Armed Ant-loving Scarab | ||
| Cremastocheilus | quadratus | Scarab Beetle | ||
| Euphoria | fascifera | trapezium | Flower Beetle | |
| Dascillidae | Anorus | piceus | Soft-bodied Plant Beetle | |
| Anorus | parvicollis | Soft-bodied Plant Beetle | ||
| Buprestidae | Acmaeodera | pubiventris | lanata | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle |
| Acmaeodera | gibbula | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle | ||
| Acmaeodera | latiflava | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle | ||
| Acmaeodera | labyrinthica | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle | ||
| Acmaeodera | linsleyi | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle | ||
| Acmaeodera | prorsa | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle | ||
| Acmaeodera | vernalis | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle | ||
| Dicerca | hornii | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle | ||
| Gyascutus | dianae | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle | ||
| Anthaxia | sp. | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle | ||
| Chrysobothris | octocala | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle | ||
| Agrilus | inhabilis | chalcogaster | Mettalic Wood-boring Beetle | |
| Schizopodidae | Schizopus | laetus | Schizopodid Beetle | |
| Eucnemidae | Perothops | witticki | False Click Beetle | |
| Phengodidae | Zarhipis | truncaticeps | Glowworm | |
| Bostrichidae | Dinapate | wrightii | Giant Palm Borer | |
| Dermestidae | Anthrenus | verbasci | Varied Carpet Beetle | |
| Nitidulidae | Carpophilus | pallidipennis | Cactus Flower beetle | |
| Cleridae | Aulicus | sp. | A. antennatus or dentipes (Monroe & Monroe) | |
| Trichodes | ornatus | tenuosa | Ornate Checkered Beetle | |
| Trichodes | peninsularis | basalis | Checkered Beetle | |
| Loedelia | maculicollis | Checkered Beetle | ||
| Melyridae | Attalus | trimaculatus | Soft-winged Flower Beetle | |
| Attalus | sp. | Soft-winged Flower Beetle | ||
| Listrus | sp. | Soft-winged Flower Beetle | ||
| Dasytinae | sp. | At least two undetermined species of Soft-winged Flower Beetle (Monroe & Monroe) | ||
| Mordellidae | Mordella | sp. | Tumbling Flower Beetle | |
| Coccinellidae | Hippodamia | convergens | Convergent Lady Beetle | |
| Coccinella | septempunctata | Seven-spotted Lady Beetle | ||
| Olla | v-nigrum | Ashy-gray Lady Beetle | ||
| Psyllobora | vigintimaculata | Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle | ||
| Ripiphoridae | Macrosiagon | cruenta | Wedged-shaped Beetle | |
| Ripiphorus | rex | Wedged-shaped Beetle | ||
| Tenebrionidae | Cryptoglossus | muricata | Darkling Beetle | |
| Asbolus | verrucosus | Ghost Beetle | ||
| Schizillus | laticeps | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Asidina | confluens | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Philolithus | carinatus | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Microschatia | inaequalis | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Eupsophulus | castaneus | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Edrotes | ventricosus | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Stibia | imperialis | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Triorophus | laevis | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Eusattus | muricatus | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Eleodes | armata | Armed Circus Beetle | ||
| Eleodes | acuticauda | Circus Beetle | ||
| Eleodes | gracilis | distans | Slender Eleodes | |
| Eleodes | carbonarius | omissus | Carbon Beetle | |
| Eleodes | giganteus | Gigantic Eleodes | ||
| Notibius | puberulus | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Trichoton | sordidum | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Argoporis | apicalis | californica | Darkling Beetle | |
| Argoporis | bicolor | Darkling Beetle | ||
| Zopheridae | Phloeodes | diabolicus | Ironclad Beetle | |
| Meloidae | Pyroata | palpalis | Fire Blister Beetle | |
| Cordylospasta | opaca | Opaque Blister Beetle | ||
| Phodaga | alticeps | Cone-headed Blister Beetle | ||
| Pleuropasta | mirabilis | Marvelous Blister Beetle | ||
| Eupompha | elegans | Elegant Blister Beetle | ||
| Lytta | auriculata | Red-eared Blister Beetle | ||
| Lytta | magister | Magister Blister Beetle | ||
| Lytta | vulnerata | American Spanish Fly | ||
| Lytta | lugens | Lugens Blister Beetle | ||
| Lytta | stygica | Infernal Blister Beetle | ||
| Nemognatha | cantharidis | Blister Beetle | ||
| Nemognatha | lurida | apicalis | Blister Beetle | |
| Nemognatha | nigripennis | Blister Beetle | ||
| Nemognatha | pallens | Blister Beetle | ||
| Zonitus | puncttipennis | Blister Beetle | ||
| Zonitus | atripennis | Blister Beetle | ||
| Gnaphium | sp. | Blister Beetle | ||
| Oedemeridae | Rhinoplatia | ruficollis | False Blister Beetle | |
| Asclera | excavata | False Blister Beetle | ||
| Cerambycidae | Derobrachus | hovorei | Tooth-necked Longhorn | |
| Cortodera | falsa | Flower Longhorn | ||
| Judolia | scapularis | Flower Longhorn | ||
| Anelaphus | albofasciatus | Round-necked Longhorn | ||
| Molorchus | longicollis | Round-necked Longhorn | ||
| Metha | brevis | Round-necked Longhorn | ||
| Megacyllene | antennata | Mesquite Borer | ||
| Perarthrus | linsleyi | Longhorn | ||
| Plionoma | suturalis | Longhorn | ||
| Plionoma | rubens | Longhorn | ||
| Crossidius | suturalis | pubescens | Longhorn | |
| Holopleura | marginata | Longhorn | ||
| Tetraopes | sublaevis | Milkweed Longhorn | ||
| Chrysomelidae | Chrysochus | cobaltinus | Blue Milkweed Beetle | |
| Mimosestes | amicus | Seed Beetle | ||
| Algarobius | prosopis | Seed Beetle | ||
| Neltumius | arizonensis | Seed Beetle | ||
| Lema | trivittata | Three-lined Potato Beetle | ||
| Stenopodius | insularis | Leaf-mining Leaf Beetle | ||
| Altica | sp. | Flea Beetle | ||
| Pteleon | brevicornis | Leaf Beetle | ||
| Androlyperus | incisus | Leaf Beetle | ||
| Androlyperus | maculatus | Leaf Beetle | ||
| Acalymma | trivittatum | Western Striped Cucumber Beetle | ||
| Trirhabda | eriodictyonis | Leaf Beetle | ||
| Trirhabda | geminata | Leaf Beetle | ||
| Cryptocephalus | pallidicinctus | Casebearer | ||
| Coscinoptera | aeneipennis | Casebearer | ||
| Coleothorpa | mucorea | mucorea | Casebearer | |
| Coleothorpa | axillaris | canella | Casebearer | |
| Saxinis | saucia | Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle | ||
| Curculionidae | Sphenophorus | aequalis | pictus | Tule Billbug |
| Trichobaris | mucorea | Datura Borer | ||
| Ophryastes | desertus | Desert Gray Snout Beetle | ||
| Ophryastes | argentatus | Silver Twig Snout Beetle | ||
| Sitona | californicus | Sitona Weevil | ||
| Eucyllus | vagans | Snout Beetle | ||
| Rhigopsis | effracta | Snout Beetle | ||
| Apleurus | albovestitus | Snout Beetle | ||
| Acanthoscelidius | californicus | Minute Seed Weevil | ||
| Attelabidae | Halporhynchites | planifrons | Tooth Nose Snout Beetle |