This page documents the progress of the beetle project.
This project was founded on July 3, 2011 by User:John Troodon, who was a sockpuppet of User:Dromaeosaur Dude. Following a brief period of activity, it suffered a protracted period of decline, becoming semi-active and just nearly reached the inactive point. The project remained totally inert until late 2014, when it was revived by the efforts of a group of dedicated editors, including User:Gug01, User:Mishae (who was later blocked), User: Wilhelmina Will and User: Hectonichus. Since then, the project has expanded exponentially. There are now more and higher-quality articles about beetles on Wikipedia than at any other point in Wikipedia's history.
So far there is a checklist for the big six (Staphylinidae, Curculionidae, Carabidae, Chrysomelidae, Cerambycidae and Scarabaeidae) and a checklist for the other families.
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This list has last been updated on September 11th, 2026, by User:Ratothy.
| Family | Taxonomy down to tribe level (all tribe with links to genera) | Taxonomy down to genus level (all genera with links to species) | Species (all species, with synonyms) | Quality (1000+ non-stub, with at least 50 C-class) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staphylinidae | ||||
| Curculionidae | ||||
| Carabidae | ||||
| Chrysomelidae | ||||
| Cerambycidae | ||||
| Scarabaeidae |