Coleoptera

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κολεόπτερος (koleópteros, “sheath-wing”), from κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). === Proper noun === Coleoptera A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – beetles. ==== 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 ==== Derived terms ==== Protocoleoptera ==== Related terms ==== coleopteriform === 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