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- Beetle abstract "Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera /koʊliːˈɒptərə/. The word \"coleoptera\" is from the Greek κολεός, koleos, meaning \"sheath\"; and πτερόν, pteron, meaning \"wing\", thus \"sheathed wing\", because most beetles have two pairs of wings, the front pair, the \"elytra\", being hardened and thickened into a shell-like protection for the rear pair and the beetle's abdomen. The order contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms. About 40% of all described insect species are beetles (about 400,000 species), and new species are discovered frequently. Some estimates put the total number of species, described and undescribed, at as high as 100 million, but 1 million is a more likely figure. The largest taxonomic family, the Curculionidae (the weevils or snout beetles), also belongs to this order.The diversity of beetles is very wide-ranging. They are found in almost all types of habitats, but are not known to occur in the sea or in the polar regions. They interact with their ecosystems in several ways. They often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are prey of various animals including birds and mammals. Certain species are agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata, the boll weevil Anthonomus grandis, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, and the mungbean or cowpea beetle Callosobruchus maculatus, while other species of beetles are important controls of agricultural pests. For example, beetles in the family Coccinellidae (\"ladybirds\" or \"ladybugs\") consume aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops.Species in the order Coleoptera are generally characterized by a particularly hard exoskeleton and hard forewings (elytra, singular elytron). These elytra distinguish beetles from most other insect species, except for a few species of Hemiptera. The beetle's exoskeleton is made up of numerous plates called sclerites, separated by thin sutures. This design creates the armored defenses of the beetle while maintaining flexibility. The general anatomy of a beetle is quite uniform, although specific organs and appendages may vary greatly in appearance and function between the many families in the order. Like all insects, beetles' bodies are divided into three sections: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. Coleopteran internal morphology is similar to other insects, although there are several examples of novelty. Such examples include species of water beetle who use air bubbles in order to dive under the water, and can remain submerged thanks to passive diffusion allowing oxygen to transfer from the water into the bubble. Beetles are endopterygotes, which means that they undergo complete metamorphosis, a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, undergoing a series of conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the its body structure. Coleopteran species have an extremely intricate behavior when mating, using such methods as pheromones for communication to locate potential mates. Males may fight for females using very elongated mandibles, causing a strong divergence between males and females in sexual dimorphism.".
- Beetle class Insect.
- Beetle class Neoptera.
- Beetle class Pterygota.
- Beetle kingdom Animal.
- Beetle order Endopterygota.
- Beetle phylum Arthropod.
- Beetle phylum Hexapoda.
- Beetle thumbnail Coleoptera_collage.png?width=300.
- Beetle wikiPageExternalLink 8221.
- Beetle wikiPageExternalLink www.coleoptera-atlas.com.
- Beetle wikiPageExternalLink BEETLES_COLEOPTERA_60502060_736.aspx.
- Beetle wikiPageExternalLink index.htm.
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- Beetle wikiPageRevisionID "707125361".
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink 10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae.
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- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Acid.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Adenosine_triphosphate.
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- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Aleochara.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Amblytelus.
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- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Ambrosia_fungi.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink American_Institute_of_Biological_Sciences.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Amino_acid.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Anatomy.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Ancient_Egypt.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Ancient_Greek.
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- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Anobiidae.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Antenna_(biology).
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Anthia.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Anti-predator_adaptation.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Aphid.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Aposematism.
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- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Appendage.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Archostemata.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Arecaceae.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Aristotle.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Arkagala.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod_leg.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Asian_long-horned_beetle.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Asphyxia.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Attelabidae.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Dung_Beetle_Project.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Austroplatypus_incompertus.
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- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Batesian_mimicry.
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- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Brontispa_longissima.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Brooch.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Brownsville,_Texas.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Buprestidae.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Burying_beetle.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Callosobruchus_maculatus.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Camouflage.
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- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Carbon_dioxide.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Carboniferous.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Linnaeus.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Catalase.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Category:Beetles.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Category:Extant_Pennsylvanian_first_appearances.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Caterpillar.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Ceará.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Cecum.
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- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Chestnut.
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- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Chondropyga_dorsalis.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Chrysomeloidea.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Cicindela.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Circulatory_system.
- Beetle wikiPageWikiLink Cleroidea.