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Beetles Genus (and common name) Species Higher taxon Notes (why it’s weird) Images Micromalthus (telephone-pole beetle) M. debilis Archostemata Exclusively paedogenetic, male larvae eat their mothers, adults are sterile and only produced in heat so extreme that over 99% of larvae just die

Antliarhis A. zamiae Brentidae Has an extremely long snout

Sikhotealinia S. zhiltzovae Jurodidae Only extant member of its family, may have ocelli (which no other known beetles have) Ripiphoridae in general (wedge-shaped beetles) Around 450 species in 30 genera Tenebrionoidea Reduced elytra but large wings, reduced mouthparts, parasitic lifestyle

Rhinorhipus R. tamborinensis Elateriformia Only member of its whole superfamily, split off from other beetles over 200 million years ago

Jurasai About 10 species Jurasaidae Neotenic females but “normal” males

Phloeodes (ironclad beetles) P. diabolicus (not the only species, but the most unusual) Zopherinae Can withstand forces over 30,000 times its own body weight

Platerodrilus (trilobite beetle) Around 20 species Duliticolini Neotenic females likened to trilobites, more normal-looking males

Brigalowia B. setifera Carabidae Has a very wide and flat body, alongside extremely long setae^[1] Iberobaenia I. minuta, I. lencinai Elateroidea Only member of its family, neotenic^[2] Xenaroswelliana X. deltaquadrant Carabidae Only member of its subfamily, bears several odd characteristics (so strange it was named after aliens twice!)^[3] Muganryus M. susumui Leiodidae Eyeless and wingless^[4] Xenomorphon X. baranowskii Lycidae Only known beetle with wingless males (typically it’s the females which are wingless!)^[5] Ikaros I. apterus, I. paramo, I. polygonus Staphylinini Wingless with short elytra, one of the few non-brightly coloured members of Xanthopygina^[6] Austrospirachtha A. carrijoi Aleocharinae Enormous termite-shaped outgrowth of its abdomen (I.e. just look at it!)^[7] Malayopsebium M. coerulea Psebiini Very long hind legs, reduced elytra but normal-sized wings^[8] Leptodirus L. hochenwartii Leptodirini Slender thorax, dome-shaped elytra

Phrixothrix (railroad worm) P. hirtus Phengodidae One of the few animals with different colours of bioluminescence at once

Atractocerus Around 25 species Lymexylidae Extremely long body, tiny elytra and non-folding wings (basically a rove beetle but more so)

Acrocinus (harlequin beetle) A. longimanus Cerambycidae Males have extremely long forelimbs

Onychocerus (scorpion beetle) O. albitarsis Cerambycidae The only known arthropod with venomous stingers on its antennae^[9]

Ptiliidae in general (featherwing beetles) Around 600 species in 80 genera Staphylinoidea Very small (around 1 mm long on average, less than 0.3 mm in the smallest) with wings covered in long bristles, use a figure-8 flying style instead of the clap-and-fling flying of other tiny insects which allows them to fly much faster^[10]

Meloetyphlus (blind blister beetle) M. fuscatus Meloidae Blind, has a very robust head

Stenus Around 3000 species(!) Steninae Semiaquatic and can skate across the surface with secretions, has a harpoon-like labium used to catch springtails

Calodromus Around 20 species Cyphagoginae Has extremely long and modified hind legs

Microzygops M. nigrofasciata Conoderinae^[11] Has large holoptic eyes

Stylogymnusa S. subantarctica Aleocharinae Vestigial eyes and elytra, unusual mouthparts^[12] Speothalpius S. grayi Zuphiini Elongate limbs, very long “neck” and head^[13] Confossa Three species Hydroscaphidae Elytra and abdomen covered in perforations, short elytra^[14] Dicranocara D. deschodti Canthonini Fused elytra, has two long horns^[15] Xenolycus X. costae Calopterini Partially neotenic, lacks mandibles^[16] Austroplatypus A. incompertus Platypodinae One of the only eusocial insects besides hymenopterans or termites

Mormolyce (violin beetle) M. phyllodes Lebiinae Exceptionally broad and flat elytra, elongated head and limbs

Chiasognathus (Darwin beetle) C. grantii Lucanidae Has exceptionally long and bent mandibles

Cucujus (red flat bark beetle) C. clavipes Cucujidae Larvae have extreme cold tolerance (down to around -60°C, with some vitrifying and surviving -150°C!)^[17]

Platypsyllus (beaver beetle) P. castoris Platypsyllinae Flattened, blind and wingless, resembles fleas more than beetles

Cicindelidia C. hemorrhagica Cicindelidae Survives ground temperatures over 50°C in hot springs in Yellowstone National Park^[18]

Cyphochilus Around 30 species Melolonthini Has an extremely white (brighter than any other material known) exoskeleton coating

Thylodrias (odd beetle) (yes, that’s its actual name) T. contractus Dermestidae Neotenic females, males have filamentous antennae instead of club-shaped ones

Chilamblyopinus C. piceus Staphylininae Resembles a silverfish in body shape^[19] Oculogryphus Four species Ototretinae? Has ventrally holoptic eyes, secondarily lacks a light organ^[20]

Epomis (subgenus of Chlaenius) Around 30 species Chlaeniini Eats amphibians several times their size (both as larvae and adults)!

Cerocranus C. extremus Curculioninae Has a very long and curved process on its thorax^[21]