Coleoptera
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- Preferred Term
Coleoptera
- Details
Members of an order containing over 350,000 known living species of insects having the upper pair of wings converted into hard sheaths or wing-cases (elytra) that close over the back, and protect the lower or true wings, which most species are able to use in flight.
- Variations
beetles
beetle
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