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  2. Beetle - Wikipedia

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    Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (/ k oʊ l iː ˈ ɒ p t ər ə /), in the superorder Holometabola.Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects.

  3. Calligrapha bicolorata - Wikipedia

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    C. bicolorata is a small lead beetle with a brown head, brown and yellow graduated pronotum and yellow elytra marked with characteristic elongated brown stripes. The pattern on the elytra is greatly variable - in a study of 478 beetles, 29 variations on this pattern were identified.

  4. Dermestidae - Wikipedia

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    Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles. Other common names include larder beetle, hide or leather beetles, carpet beetles, and khapra beetles. There are over 1,800 species described. [1]

  5. List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera - Wikipedia

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    This article classifies the subgroups of the order Coleoptera down to the level of families, following the system in "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)", Bouchard, et al. (2011), [1] with corrections and additions from 2020, [2] with common names from bugguide.net. [3] Order Coleoptera. Suborder †Protocoleoptera

  6. Longhorn beetle - Wikipedia

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    Common tuft bearing longhorn beetle (Aristobia approximator) Acrocinus longimanus – harlequin beetle, a large species where the male has very long front legs; Anoplophora chinensis – citrus longhorn beetle, a major pest; Anoplophora glabripennis – Asian longhorn beetle, an invasive pest species; Aridaeus thoracicus – tiger longicorn ...

  7. Elytron - Wikipedia

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    The elytra of this cockchafer beetle are readily distinguished from the transparent hindwings.. An elytron (/ ˈ ɛ l ɪ t r ɒ n /; from Ancient Greek ἔλυτρον (élutron) 'sheath, cover'; pl.: elytra, / ˈ ɛ l ɪ t r ə /) [1] [2] is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true ...

  8. Epilachninae - Wikipedia

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    The Epilachninae are a subfamily of the family of lady beetles, the Coccinellidae, in the order Coleoptera. Superficially, they look much like other ladybirds in the larger subfamily Coccinellinae , but they differ importantly in their biology, in that the members of the subfamily are largely or completely leaf-feeding herbivores rather than ...

  9. Scarabaeidae - Wikipedia

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    Others, such as the Japanese beetle, are plant-eaters, wreaking havoc on various crops and vegetation. Some of the well-known beetles from the Scarabaeidae are Japanese beetles, dung beetles, June beetles, rose chafers (Australian, European, and North American), rhinoceros beetles, Hercules beetles and Goliath beetles.