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18 Cards in this Set
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Suborder- adephaga |
Tarsal segment 5-5-5 antennae is 11-segments long abdominal sternum divided by hind coxae |
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Cicindelidae |
Tiger beetles
Antennae arise between head mandibles in front of head, toothed eyes are wider than pronotum |
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Carabidae |
Ground beetles
head at eyes are narrower than pronotum manidibles are not toothed |
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Dytiscidae |
Diving beetles
elongate-oval body hind legs flattened and fringed with hairs antennae are long and slender |
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Gyrinidae |
Whirligig beetles
elongate-oval body, 2 pairs of eyes legs modified for swimming short clubbed antennae
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Suborder- polyphaga |
lamellate (terminal segments expanded laterally to form oval plate- like lobes abdominal is not divided by hind coxae |
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Scarabaeidae |
Scarabs
antennae is lamellate club oval, tightly compressed and nearly at right angle of antennea |
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Meloidae |
Blister beetle
Hetemerous- tarsal 5-5-4 have necks elytra soft and leathery |
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Staphylinide |
Rove beetles
brachelytrous- elytra short slender elongate body tarsal 5-5-5 |
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Silphidae |
Carrion Beetle
all are clubbed antennae some have short elytra |
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Cerambycidae |
Long-horned beetle
Tarsal is 4-4-4 with bilobed 3rd tarsal segment antennae is long or longer than body |
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Chrysomelidae |
Leaf beetle
tarsal is 4-4-4 with 3rd bilobed eyes entire antennae never as long as body |
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Curculionidae |
Weevils
tarsal is 4-4-4 with 3rd bilobed beak is well developed antennae is elbowed and arise from beak |
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Hydrophilidae |
Water scavenger beetles
elongated-oval, convex and streamlined antennae is short and clubbed some have spikes on legs hind legs modified for swimming |
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Coccinellidae |
Ladybird beetle
Antennae are short and clubbed tarsal is 3-3-3 with 2nd bilobed dorsal surface is convex, ventral side flat |
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Lampyridae |
Fireflies
pronotum disc-like and conceals head dorsally pronotum wide as elytra elytra loosely covering body tarsal is 5-5-5 with bilobed 4th |
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Cantharidae |
Soldier beetles
elongated, soft, flattened body with nearly parallel sides pronotum not concealing head dorsally tarsal is 5-5-5 with 4th bilobed |
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Elateridae |
Click beetle
elongate and narrow body with nearly parallel sides elytra tapering posteriorly front loosely joins back of body and can be moved elytra is well sclerotized hind angles of pronotum nearly extends backwards
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