Articles relating to the Beetles (order Coleoptera), insects in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
Pages in category "Beetles"
The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Articles relating to the Beetles (order Coleoptera), insects in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species.
| Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain subcategories. |
Subcategories
This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
Pages in category "Beetles"
The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.