order Coleoptera

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order Coleoptera - beetles Coleopteraanimal order - the order of animalsclass Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal speciesbeetle - insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wingsCicindelidae, family Cicindelidae - tiger beetlesCoccinellidae, family Coccinellidae - the ladybugsCarabidae, family Carabidae - ground beetlesfamily Lampyridae, Lampyridae - firefliesCerambycidae, family Cerambycidae - long-horned beetlesChrysomelidae, family Chrysomelidae - leaf beetlesDermestidae, family Dermestidae - carpet beetlesCleridae, family Cleridae - beetles that prey on other insectsLamellicornia, superfamily Lamellicornia - scarabaeid beetles and stag beetlesElateridae, family Elateridae - click beetles and certain firefliesDytiscidae, family Dytiscidae - water beetlesfamily Gyrinidae, Gyrinidae - whirligig beetlesAnobiidae, family Anobiidae - deathwatch beetlesCurculionidae, family Curculionidae - true weevils: snout beetlesfamily Meloidae, Meloidae - blister beetlesfamily Ipidae, family Scolytidae, Ipidae, Scolytidae - large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit treesfamily Staphylinidae, Staphylinidae - rove beetlesfamily Tenebrionidae, Tenebrionidae - a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealwormsBruchidae, family Bruchidae - seed beetles