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Order: Coleoptera |
Coleo = sheath // ptera = wings ------------------------------------------------ ★ BEETLES |
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Coleoptera Characteristics |
★ largest order!! (40% known) ★ lots of variability (habitat & diet) ★ Complete metamorphosis ★ Pupae are execrate (legs develop externally) ★ Mandibulate mouthparts ★ elytra & membranous wings ★ no cerci ★ often dimorphic (male & female) |
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Family: Scarabaeidae |
★ SCARAB BEETLES ------------------------------------------------ ★ highly variable group ★ usually convex beetles ★ larvae are scarabaeiform (duh!) ★ Antennae are lamellate |
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Family: Staphylinidae (1 of 2) |
★ ROVE BEETLES ------------------------------------------------ ★ very short elytra w/ 6-7 abdomen segments ★ one of the largest families ★ not much known about them ★ Looks like stinger when threatened |
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Family: Staphylinidae (2 of 2) |
★ adults are long lived predators ★ larvae are campodiform w/ rapid development
★ dermatitis minearis = irritation ★ venom produced in blood |
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Family: Tenebrionidae |
★ DARKLING BEETLES ------------------------------------------------ ★ most are black or brown ★ 5-5-4 tarsal segments legs ★ notched eyes (like kidney beans) ★ feed on plant materials ★ larvae = elateriform (mealworms) ★ antennae = filiform or moniliform |
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Family: Chrysomelidae |
★ LEEF BEETLES ------------------------------------------------ ★ small, colorful beetle ★ mainly oval & convex ★ phytophagous (often serious crop pests) ★ herbaceous
★ larvae = euriciform (no prolegs) |
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Family: Passalidae |
★ BESS BEETLES ------------------------------------------------ ★ shiny black & large (36mm) ★ longitudial grooves on elytra ★ horn on head
★ subsocial -takes care of young |
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Family: Cerambycidae |
★ LONG-HORNED BEETLES ------------------------------------------------------ ★ Antennae twice as long as body ★ body is elongated & cylindrical ★ eyes notched ★ many are colorful & large
★ larvae are vermiform & wood boring |
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Family: Carabidae |
★ GROUND & TIGER BEETLES ------------------------------------------------ ★ most are dark but shiny ★ tiger beetles often metallic ★ flattened bodies & rapid runners ★ head is narrower than pronotum ★ Predators |
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Family: Coccindellidae |
★ LADYBIRD BEETLES ------------------------------------------------ ★ small, oval, & convex shaped ★ often colorful ★ ladybug (DUH!) ★ Head is concealed by pronotum ★ Hemolymph has alkaloid toxins ★ Most are predators
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Family: Curculiondidae |
★ SNOUT BEETLES/WEEVILS ------------------------------------------------ ★ Head & mouth prolonged into snout ★ Phytophagous (plant feeder) ★ considerable econic importance ★ pests of crops |
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Family: Meloidae |
★ BLISTER BEETLES ------------------------------------------------ ★ soft & flexible elytra ★ larval form is variable ★Adults are phytophagous (plant feeder) ★ Hemolymph contains cantharadin ★ vesicant (causes blisters) |
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Family: Buprestidae |
★ METALLIC WOOD-BORING BEETLES ---------------------------------------------------------- ★ often metallic ★ bullet shaped ★ adults feed on foliage ★ adults attached to dead/dying trees ★ larvae are bark/wood-boring
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Family: Lampyridae |
★ LIGHTNINGBUGS; FIREFLIES ---------------------------------------------------------- ★ Terminal end produces light (100% efficient) ★ oxidation of luciferin [air in =oxygenation=light ★ elytra are soft & flexible ★ head concealed by pronotum |
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Family: Elateridae |
★ CLICK BEETLES ---------------------------------------------------------- ★ Elongated, parallel sided (spines on pronotum corners) ★ Posternal spine joins pro- & meso- thorax ★ Serrated antennae
★ subtropical ones = bioluminescent |
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Family: Lycidae |
★ NET-WINGED BEETLES ---------------------------------------------------------- ★ soft elytra w/longitudinal ridges ★ often serrated antennae ★ colorful beetles = bad taste ★ looks more like moth |
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Family: Dytiscidae |
★ PREDACEOUS DIVING BEETLES ---------------------------------------------------------- ★ aquatic ★ oval bodies ★ natatorial legs (moves like oars) ★ long, filiform antennae & short palps ★ traps water under elytra for submersion |
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Family: Hydrophilidae |
★ WATER SCAVENGER BEETLE ---------------------------------------------------------- ★ aquatic ★ natatorial hindlegs (alternate) = hydrophilids ★ long maxillary palps ★ silvery plastron all over body ★ many metasternal spine
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