Animal Families
17449 families in the taxonomic backbone, 13298 of them carrying genus or species records in the Sanctum index.
Families by species records held
- Curculionidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (6029 genera, 75255 species)
- Staphylinidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (4049 genera, 67639 species)
- Carabidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (2262 genera, 41653 species)
- Scarabaeidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (2598 genera, 36299 species)
- Cerambycidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (5073 genera, 35481 species)
- Ichneumonidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (1660 genera, 26379 species)
- Erebidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (2868 genera, 25676 species)
- Geometridae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (2044 genera, 23520 species)
- Cicadellidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (2820 genera, 23095 species)
- Braconidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (1256 genera, 22744 species)
- Noctuidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (1737 genera, 16858 species)
- Buprestidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (575 genera, 15684 species)
- Chrysomelidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (1241 genera, 13743 species)
- Tortricidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (1137 genera, 12010 species)
- Limoniidae — Insecta, Diptera (209 genera, 11765 species)
- Miridae — Insecta, Hemiptera (1634 genera, 11710 species)
- Formicidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (551 genera, 11502 species)
- Crambidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (946 genera, 10934 species)
- Tachinidae — Insecta, Diptera (1564 genera, 9918 species)
- Crabronidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (265 genera, 9097 species)
- Dolichopodidae — Insecta, Diptera (301 genera, 8583 species)
- Tettigoniidae — Insecta, Orthoptera (1370 genera, 8167 species)
- Chironomidae — Insecta, Diptera (550 genera, 7834 species)
- Reduviidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (1028 genera, 7743 species)
- Nymphalidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (584 genera, 7604 species)
- Tenebrionidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (939 genera, 7556 species)
- Asilidae — Insecta, Diptera (566 genera, 7522 species)
- Lycaenidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (520 genera, 7266 species)
- Cecidomyiidae — Insecta, Diptera (933 genera, 7041 species)
- Pyralidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (1163 genera, 6895 species)
- Syrphidae — Insecta, Diptera (323 genera, 6778 species)
- Acrididae — Insecta, Orthoptera (1420 genera, 6758 species)
- Salticidae — Arachnida, Araneae (694 genera, 6547 species)
- Apidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (249 genera, 6503 species)
- Ceratopogonidae — Insecta, Diptera (141 genera, 6401 species)
- Muscidae — Insecta, Diptera (201 genera, 5961 species)
- Gelechiidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (481 genera, 5892 species)
- Aphididae — Insecta, Hemiptera (602 genera, 5465 species)
- Tephritidae — Insecta, Diptera (500 genera, 5330 species)
- Anthribidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (437 genera, 5104 species)
- Linyphiidae — Arachnida, Araneae (663 genera, 5096 species)
- Mycetophilidae — Insecta, Diptera (233 genera, 5062 species)
- Eulophidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (336 genera, 5032 species)
- Phoridae — Insecta, Diptera (319 genera, 4986 species)
- Histeridae — Insecta, Coleoptera (434 genera, 4916 species)
- Dytiscidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (214 genera, 4895 species)
- Bombyliidae — Insecta, Diptera (270 genera, 4893 species)
- Halictidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (108 genera, 4845 species)
- Drosophilidae — Insecta, Diptera (88 genera, 4800 species)
- Attelabidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (241 genera, 4727 species)
- Notodontidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (692 genera, 4710 species)
- Tabanidae — Insecta, Diptera (189 genera, 4636 species)
- Pompilidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (295 genera, 4628 species)
- Tipulidae — Insecta, Diptera (47 genera, 4598 species)
- Megachilidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (97 genera, 4345 species)
- Eumenidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (240 genera, 4333 species)
- Leiodidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (403 genera, 4327 species)
- Pyramidellidae — Gastropoda (173 genera, 4305 species)
- Encyrtidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (485 genera, 4155 species)
- Hesperiidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (591 genera, 3996 species)
- Phlaeothripidae — Insecta, Thysanoptera (474 genera, 3898 species)
- Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes (404 genera, 3796 species)
- Culicidae — Insecta, Diptera (62 genera, 3641 species)
- Pteromalidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (597 genera, 3615 species)
- Hydrophilidae — Insecta, Coleoptera (210 genera, 3581 species)
- Elateridae — Insecta, Coleoptera (465 genera, 3580 species)
- Empididae — Insecta, Diptera (104 genera, 3561 species)
- Saturniidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (183 genera, 3497 species)
- Membracidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (429 genera, 3484 species)
- Oecophoridae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (512 genera, 3462 species)
- Gryllidae — Insecta, Orthoptera (405 genera, 3455 species)
- Psychodidae — Insecta, Diptera (206 genera, 3433 species)
- Agromyzidae — Insecta, Diptera (42 genera, 3397 species)
- Scelionidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (182 genera, 3393 species)
- Cicadidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (504 genera, 3273 species)
- Andrenidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (60 genera, 3187 species)
- Araneidae — Arachnida, Araneae (208 genera, 3173 species)
- Sarcophagidae — Insecta, Diptera (181 genera, 3159 species)
- Chloropidae — Insecta, Diptera (211 genera, 3146 species)
- Camaenidae — Gastropoda, Stylommatophora (289 genera, 3068 species)
- Muricidae — Gastropoda, Neogastropoda (238 genera, 3018 species)
- Sciaridae — Insecta, Diptera (105 genera, 2985 species)
- Stratiomyidae — Insecta, Diptera (380 genera, 2959 species)
- Philopteridae — Insecta, Psocodea (175 genera, 2951 species)
- Trombiculidae — Arachnida, Trombidiformes (167 genera, 2919 species)
- Tingidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (345 genera, 2897 species)
- Colletidae — Insecta, Hymenoptera (82 genera, 2858 species)
- Theridiidae — Arachnida, Araneae (164 genera, 2728 species)
- Coreidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (466 genera, 2626 species)
- Cixiidae — Insecta, Hemiptera (252 genera, 2602 species)
- Gnaphosidae — Arachnida, Araneae (158 genera, 2516 species)
- Ectobiidae — Insecta, Blattodea (231 genera, 2502 species)
- Diaspididae — Insecta, Hemiptera (398 genera, 2500 species)
- Hybotidae — Insecta, Diptera (80 genera, 2487 species)
- Lampyridae — Insecta, Coleoptera (149 genera, 2482 species)
- Simuliidae — Insecta, Diptera (45 genera, 2478 species)
- Phytoseiidae — Arachnida, Mesostigmata (92 genera, 2464 species)
- Megascolecidae — Clitellata, Crassiclitellata (94 genera, 2451 species)
- Lycosidae — Arachnida, Araneae (132 genera, 2449 species)
- Depressariidae — Insecta, Lepidoptera (145 genera, 2424 species)
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.