Coleoptera

Order in GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

AnimaliaArthropodaInsecta

  • 10,929,284

    Occurrences
  • 329,595

    Species
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Overview

Full Name

Coleoptera

Common names

  • beetle eng
  • beetles eng
  • beetles
  • more

Synonyms

Taxonomic status

accepted order

Published in

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [= Stockholm]. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Living period

298.9 to 0.0 Ma

Habitat

Marine

Georeferenced data

Subordinate taxa

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
330
genus
43,103
species
329,595
 
complete classification

Description

Description

Bibliography

Andreas Wessel (2006) Stridulation in the Coleoptera – An Overview

Gahan, Charles J. (Jan-10-1900) X. Stridulating Organs in Coleoptera

Gilbert J. Arrow: The Origin Of Stridulation In Beetles

Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Legakis, A. (2001). Insecta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 323-324

Source information

This backbone name usage is included because it was found in another checklist at the time the backbone was built.
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Record history

This record was last modified on Feb 14, 2017.