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Coleoptera () is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, meaning "sheath"; and , pteron, meaning "wing", thus "sheathed wing". The reason for the name is that most beetles have two pairs of wings, the front pair, the "elytra", being hardened and thickened into a sheath-like, or shell-like, protection for the rear pair, and for the rear part of the beetle's body. The superficial consistency of most beetles' morphology, in particular their possession of elytra, has long suggested that the Coleoptera are monophyletic, but there is growing evidence that this is unjustified, there being arguments for example, in favour of allocating the current suborder Adephaga their own order, or very likely even more than one.
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Coleoptera Coleoptera tolweb.org/Coleoptera/8221 - Web |
List of major Beetle collections List of major Beetle collections www.fond4beetles.com/collections.html - Web |
Scarab beetles as Religious symbols Scarab beetles as Religious symbols www.insects.org/ced1/beetles_rel_sym.html - Web |
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Beetles and coleopterologists Beetles and coleopterologists www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/eng/index.htm - Web |
Beetles – Coleoptera Beetles – Coleoptera www.insectlifeforms.com/.../BEETLES_COLEOPTERA_60502060_736.aspx - Web |
Beetle larvae Beetle larvae www.flickr.com/photos/25258027@N02/sets/72157604361795999/ - Web |
Beetle images Beetle images www.flickr.com/photos/coleoptera-us/sets/72157607363771409/ - Web |
Gallery of European beetles Gallery of European beetles www.koleopterologie.de/gallery - Web |
Poland beetles Poland beetles www.colpolon.biol.uni.wroc.pl/lista%20rodzin.htm - Web |
Coleoptera Poloniae Coleoptera Poloniae coleoptera.ksib.pl/search.php?stp=pub&l=en - Web |
Identification keys to some British beetles Identification keys to some British beetles sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys - Web |
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North American Beetles North American Beetles bugguide.net/node/view/60 - Web |
Beetles of North America Beetles of North America www.cirrusimage.com/beetles.htm - Web |
Texas beetle information Texas beetle information www.texasento.net/beetles.htm - Web |
The Beetle Ring The Beetle Ring www.naturalworlds.org/beetlering/index.htm - Web |
Beetles of Africa Beetles of Africa www.beetlesofafrica.com/index-old.asp - Web |
Beetles of Mauritius Beetles of Mauritius mauritiusbeetles.myspecies.info - Web |
Southeast Asian beetles Southeast Asian beetles www.beetle-diversity.com - Web |