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Coleoptera  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 109216

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): beetles [English]
  
    besouro [Portuguese]
  
    coléoptères [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2005    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumArthropoda  -- arthropodes, arthropods, Artrópode  
       SubphylumHexapoda  -- hexapods  
          ClassInsecta  -- hexapoda, insectes, insects, inseto  
             SubclassPterygota  -- insects ailés, winged insects  
                InfraclassNeoptera  -- modern, wing-folding insects  
                   OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 -- beetles, besouro, coléoptères  
    Direct Children:  
                      Suborder Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806  
                      Suborder Archostemata Kolbe, 1908  
                      Suborder Myxophaga Crowson, 1955  
                      Suborder Polyphaga Emery, 1886  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard C. Brusca  
  Notes: Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721   
  Reference for: Coleoptera   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: coléoptères [French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: besouro [Portuguese]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Coleoptera   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xx + 936   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-097-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Coleoptera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera   
  Page(s): 14-820   
  Publisher: Entomological Information Services   
  Publication Place: Rockville, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-889002-01-1, 1-889002-00-3  
  Notes: Series ISBN is 1-889002-00-3   
  Reference for: Coleoptera   
       

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Fri Nov 20 2009 06:33:06 MST