order Coleoptera

family Ipidae, family Scolytidae, Ipidae, Scolytidae - large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees

family Staphylinidae, Staphylinidae - rove beetles

family Tenebrionidae, Tenebrionidae - a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms

Bruchidae, family Bruchidae - seed beetles

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A Always listening to a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in superorder Endopterygota - 'The Beatles' as they're more commonly known.

Groove-soaked bass with a summery feel

The Chrysomelidae is the second largest family regarding the number of species within the order Coleoptera. It consists of 37,000 species grouped into 19 subfamilies.

First record of Eremionycha bahiana (Boheman) infesting Tabebuia sp

The essential oils of plant species belonging to the families of Asteraceae, Ranunculaceae, Myrtaceae, Brassicaceae, Apiaceae, Piperaceae, Lamiaceae, Lauraceae and Verbenaceae have shown repellence against insects of the order Coleoptera (Nerio et al., 2009).

Insecticide activity of clove essential oil on bean weevil and maize weevil/Atividade inseticida do oleo essencial de cravo-da-india sobre o caruncho-do-feijao e o gorculho-do-milho

Hill (1985) found chicks preferentially consumed sawfly (Order Hymenoptera) and Lepidoptera larvae, adult and larval carabid beetles, rove beetle larvae, and elaterid beetles (all Order Coleoptera) in the United Kingdom.

Invertebrate prey selection by ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) broods in Nebraska

The order Coleoptera showed the highest family richness (12), followed by the orders Diptera and Hemiptera (5), Hymenoptera and Orthoptera (3) and Collembola (2).

Temporal variation of soil entomofauna from an urban forest fragment in southern Brazil/Variacao temporal da entomofauna edafica de um fragmento florestal urbano no sul do Brasil

belongs to the order Coleoptera, and the family Chrysomelidae, are known as plant pests that may eats and damaged all aerial parts of host plats, fritillaries and other members of the family Liliaceae.

Intensive damage of Lilioceris chodjaii on Fritillaria imperialis in Kohgiluyeh va Boyerahmad province, Iran

The study is restricted to the family level of the order Coleoptera. 9 distinct families of beetles were reported from the three sites over a long one-year survey.

Diversity and composition of beetles (order: Coleoptera) of Durgapur, West Bengal, India

12 species of order Coleoptera were observed throughout the study period.

IMPACT OF ABIOTIC FACTORS ON INSECT DIVERSITY OF AT LAWRENCE GARDEN, LAHORE

What are members of the order Coleoptera better known as?

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The genus Paederus is widely distributed worldwide and belongs to the family Staphylinidae of the order Coleoptera. (21) Of the approximately 3 000 species of Staphylinidae, 600 occur in tropical and temperate climates.

Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis epidemics and outbreaks of Paederus spp. keratoconjunctivitis ('Nairobi red eyes') and dermatitis

Due to limited gene and nucleotide sampling, missing data, and a corresponding lack of well-supported resolution in studies to date, existing molecular phylogenies for the order Coleoptera based largely or solely on 18S should be viewed as tentative.

Towards a temporal framework for "inordinate fondness": reconstructing the macroevolutionary history of beetles (coleoptera)

Nomenclatural notes on the genus-group names in the order Coleoptera. Miscellaneous Papers, Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, 144: 5.

Distribucion de las especies de Aphodiinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Aphodiidae) en Mexico