Beetle

Beetles are the group of insects with the largest number of known species. They are classified in the order Coleoptera (pronounced /ˌkəʊliˈɒptərə/; from Greek κολεός, koleos, "sheath"; and πτερόν, pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing"), which contains more described species than in any other order in the animal kingdom, constituting about 25% of all known life-forms. 40% of all described insect species are beetles (about 350,000 species), and new ... more

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