The 20 most common beetle families in Baltic amber

The list is made by Hieke & Pietrzeniuk (1984). They have counted all the beetles in three major collections of Baltic amber (Klebs collection, Berlin Museum of Natural History and Copenhagen Museum of Natural History) and listed the beetles on how often they occur.

1. Scirtidae	999
2. Elateridae	893
3. Anobiidae	532
4. Staphylinidae	350
5. Mordellidae	253
6. Aderidae	202
7. Scydmaenidae	200
8. Scraptiidae	196
9. Curculionidae	155
10. Pselaphidae	150
11. Curculionidae (only Scolytinae)	148
12. Eucnemidae	140
13. Mycetophagidae	136
14. Melandryidae (=Serropalpidae)	129
15. Carabidae	126
16. Anthicidae	114
17. Lathridiidae	112
18. Cantharidae	110
19. Cerambycidae	100
20. Cryptophagidae	89