Coleoptera Definition

pronoun

A taxonomic order within the superorder Endopterygota — the beetles.

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other

Adephaga (wrinkled bark beetles and ground beetles)

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Archostemata.
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Myxophaga (minute beetles)

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Polyphaga (most beetles)

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Origin of Coleoptera

  • From Ancient Greek κολεόπτερος (koleopteros, “sheath-wing”), from κολεός (koleos, “sheath”) and πτερόν (pteron, “wing”).

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Coleoptera Sentence Examples

  • The occurrence of weevils - among the most specialized of the Coleoptera - in Triassic rocks shows us that this great order of metabolous insects had become differentiated into its leading families at the dawn of the Mesozoic era, and that we must go far back into the Palaeozoic for the origin of the Endopterygota.

  • For the relationship of the Coleoptera to other orders of insects see Hexapoda.

  • Such a typically "campodeiform" grub, moving actively about in pursuit of prey, is the one extreme of larval structure to be noticed among the Coleoptera.

  • The Coleoptera are almost worldwide in their distribution, being represented in the Arctic regions and on almost all oceanic islands.

  • It follows, therefore, that they have been independently acquired in the course of the evolution of the Coleoptera.

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