Coleoptera Definition

pronoun

A taxonomic order within the superorder Endopterygota — the beetles.

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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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