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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Insecta > Pterygota > Neoptera > Holometabola > Coleoptera

Preferred term

Coleoptera  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Beetle
  • Beetles

Note

  • for killing beetles with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES

Scope note

  • Order of winged insects also known as beetles comprising over 350,000 species in 150 families. They possess hard bodies with mouthparts adapted for chewing.

History note

  • 2018(1963)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001517

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