Insect Families - Elkhorn Slough

Table 1. Families of insects known from Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Order: Coleoptera
Family
Bostrichidae
Cantharidae
Carabidae
Cerambycidae
Chrysomelidae
Coccinellidae
Curculionidae
Dermestidae
Elateridae
Endomychidae
Melyridae
Phengodidae
Scarabaeidae
Silphidae
Staphylinidae
Tenebrionidae
Trogositidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Family
Arctiidae
Dioptidae
Geometridae
Hesperiidae
Lycaenidae
Lymantridae
Noctuidae
Nolidae
Nymphalidae
Pieridae
Pterophoridae
Pyralidae
Saturniiidae
Sesiidae
Sphingidae
Order: Diptera
Family
Anthomyiidae
Calliophoridae
Carnidae
Hippoboscidae
Milichiidae
Muscidae
Syrphidae
Tachnidae
Tephritidae
Tipulidae
Torymidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Family
Anthophoridae
Apidae
Braconidae
Formicidae
Halictidae
Ichneumonidae
Pompilidae
Vespidae
Order: Hemiptera
Family
Largidae
Miridae
Pentatomidae
Reduviidae
Order: Homoptera
Family
Aphididae
Cercopidae
Cixiidae
Membracidae
Total = 17
Total = 15
Total = 11
Total = 8
Total = 4
Total = 4
Table 1 cont'd.
Order: Orthoptera
Family
Acrididae
Gryllacrididae
Stenopelmatidae
Order: Neuroptera
Family
Hemerobiidae
Raphidiidae
Order: Psocoptera
Family
Psocidae
Order: Dermaptera
Family
Forficulidae
Total = 3
Total = 2
Total = 1
Total = 1
Total number of families = 66