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.

2025年1月30日 · coleopteran, (order Coleoptera), any member of the insect order Coleoptera, consisting of the beetles and weevils. It is the largest order of insects, representing about 40 percent of the known insect species.

Coleoptera (beetles and weevils) is the largest order in the class Insecta. As adults, most beetles have a hard, dense exoskeleton that covers and protects most of their body surface. The front wings, known as elytra, are just as hard as the rest of the exoskeleton.

2024年10月21日 · Greek 'sheath wing'; Aristotle already called beetles 'koleopteros' (κολεοπτερος) to refer to the hardened front wings. The largest order in the animal kingdom, with close to 400,000 described species in almost 30,000 genera of >200 families worldwide (6)(7), or ~40% of known insects.

2025年1月30日 · More than 200 families of extant and extinct beetles are known. Although there are different classifications of Coleoptera, modern systems are based on the four suborders Adephaga, Archostemata, Myxophaga, and Polyphaga.

2024年12月11日 · Among the more than 360,000 species of Coleoptera are many of the largest and most-conspicuous insects, some of which also have brilliant metallic colors, showy patterns, or striking forms. This is a list of significant beetles and weevils, ordered alphabetically by common name and family.

2021年6月19日 · Presenting an exceptional biological diversity and an extraordinary ecological one, the coleopterans constitute the most extensive order of all the animal world. They are an Order that belongs to the Class Insecta or Class of insects and they are invertebrate animals that are really fascinating.

2020年4月28日 · The Coleoptera (beetles) is the largest single order of insects. So far, there are thought to be more than 400,000 beetle species described by science. It is thought that 25% of all animal species on Earth are beetles.

2024年11月12日 · Coleoptera. Beetles are one of the most diverse orders of insects. Those that damage trees are often (but not always; e.g., leaf beetles) wood-boring beetles, which usually chew through tree bark to lay their eggs in the protected, moist, and …

Beetles belong to the order ‘Coleoptera’, pronounced ‘co-le-op-ter-a’. This is the largest order of species in the animal kingdom, even larger than ants! Coleoptera come in all different shapes, sizes and colors.