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Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles

Leaf beetle 6 - Neolema sexpunctata Beetle? - Cantharis livida Anomala Beetle with spiny thorax - Ditemnus Labidomera clivicollis (?) - Labidomera clivicollis Pale-flanked weevil - Donus zoilus Nice Mordellid... - Mordellistena liljebladi Coccinellidae
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Explanation of Names
Polyphaga Emery 1886
Numbers
worldwide, ~160 extant families in 16 superfamilies(1), >300,000 spp. (~90% of described beetle species)
Remarks
by far the largest and most diverse suborder
Works Cited
1.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P. et al. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:06am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Phillip Harpootlian, v belov, Abigail Parker
Last updated 12 January, 2015 - 1:20am

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