Coleoptera
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κολεόπτερος (koleópteros, “sheath-wing”), from κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Proper noun
Coleoptera
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – clade; Coleopterida – superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Adephaga, Archostemata, Myxophaga, Polyphaga – suborders
- Acanthocnemidae, Aderidae, Agapythidae, Agyrtidae, Akalyptoischiidae, Alexiidae, Amphizoidae, Anthicidae, Anthribidae, Archeocrypticidae, Artematopodidae, Aspidytidae, Attelabidae, Belidae, Biphyllidae, Boganiidae, Boridae, Bostrichidae, Bothrideridae, Brachyceridae, Brachypsectridae, Brentidae, Buprestidae, Byrrhidae, Byturidae, Callirhipidae, Cantharidae, Carabidae, Caridae, Cavognathidae, Cerambycidae, Cerophytidae, Cerylonidae, Chaetosomatidae, Chalcodryidae, Chelonariidae, Chrysomelidae, Ciidae, Clambidae, Cleridae, Cneoglossidae, Coccinellidae, Corylophidae, Crowsoniellidae, Cryptophagidae, Cucujidae, Cupedidae, Curculionidae, Cybocephalidae, Cyclaxyridae, Dascillidae, Decliniidae, Dermestidae, Derodontidae, Discolomatidae, Disteniidae, Dryophthoridae, Dryopidae, Dytiscidae, Elateridae, Elmidae, Endecatomidae, Endomychidae, Epimetopidae, Erotylidae, Eucinetidae, Eucnemidae, Eulichadidae, Georissidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Helophoridae, Helotidae, Heteroceridae, Histeridae, Hobartiidae, Hydraenidae, Hydrochidae, Hydrophilidae, Hydroscaphidae, Hygrobiide, Ischaliidae, Jacobsoniidae, Jurodidae, Kateretidae, Laemophloeidae, Lamingtoniidae, Lampyridae, Latridiidae, Leiodidae, Lepiceridae, Limnichidae, Lutrochidae, Lycidae, Lymexylidae, Mauroniscidae, Megalopodidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Melyridae, Meruidae, Metaxinidae, Micromalthidae, Monotomidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Mycteridae, Myraboliidae, Nemonychidae, Nitidulidae, Nosodendridae, Noteridae, Oedemeridae, Omalisidae, Omethidae, Ommatidae, Orsodacnidae, Oxypeltidae, Passandridae, Phalacridae, Phengodidae, Phloeostichidae, Phloiophilidae, Phycosecidae, Plastoceridae, Priasilphidae, Prionoceridae, Promecheilidae, Propalticidae, Prostomidae, Protocucujidae, Psephenidae, Pterogeniidae, Ptiliidae, Ptilodactylidae, Ptinidae, Pyrochroidae, Pythidae, Rhagophthalmidae, Rhinorhipidae, Rhipiceridae, Rhysodidae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Schizopodidae, Scirtidae, Scraptiidae, Silphidae ( now subfamily Silphinae in Staphylindae), Silvanidae, Smicripidae, Spercheidae, Sphaeritidae, Sphaeriusidae, Sphindidae, Staphylinidae, Stenotrachelidae, Synchroidae, Synteliidae, Tasmosalpingidae, Telegeusidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Thanerocleridae, Throscidae, Torridincolidae, Trachelostenidae, Trachypachidae, Trictenotomidae, Trogossitidae, Ulodidae, Vesperidae, Zopheridae – extant families
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References
Coleoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Coleoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Coleoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Coleoptera at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
