URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012867
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85012867#concept
Variants
- Coleoptera
- Coleopterans
- Weevils
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
- Alleculidae
- Amphizoidae
- Anobiidae
- Anthicidae
- Apple-tree weevil
- Archostemata
- Asiatic beetle
- Attelabidae
- Bark-weevil
- Bostrichidae
- Bothrideridae
- Brachyceridae
- Brentidae
- Broad-nosed grain weevil
- Bruchidae
- Buprestidae
- Byturidae
- Cantharidae
- Cebrionidae
- Cephaloidae
- Cerambycidae
- Ceratocanthidae
- Cerylonidae
- Chrysomelidae
- Ciidae
- Clambidae
- Cleridae
- Corylophidae
- Cryptophagidae
- Cucujidae
- Cupedidae
- Curculionidae
- Cybocephalidae
- Dermestidae
- Disteniidae
- Dryopidae
- Dytiscidae
- Elateridae
- Elmidae
- Endomychidae
- Erirhinidae
- Erotylidae
- Eucnemidae
- Euglenidae
- Feather-wing beetles
- Fireflies
- Fungus weevils
- Green June beetle
- Ground beetles
- Gyrinidae
- Haliplidae
- Heteroceridae
- Histeridae
- Hydraenidae
- Hydrophilidae
- Hygrobiidae
- Ladybugs
- Languriidae
- Lathridiidae
- Leptinidae
- Limnichidae
- Limulodidae
- Longhorned beetles
- Lycidae
- Lyctidae
- Lymexylidae
- Malachiidae
- Megalopodidae
- Meloidae
- Micromalthidae
- Mordellidae
- Mycetophagidae
- Nemonychidae
- Nitidulidae
- Oedemeridae
- Omalysidae
- Oxycorynidae
- Palm-weevil
- Palmetto-weevil
- Passalidae
- Phenogodidae
- Pine reproduction weevil
- Platypodidae
- Propalticidae
- Pselaphidae
- Pyrochroidae
- Rhipiphoridae
- Rhynchitidae
- Rhysodidae
- Round fungus beetles
- Scaphidiidae
- Scarabaeidae
- Scolytidae
- Scraptiidae
- Scydmaenidae
- Silphidae
- Soft-winged flower beetles
- Spider beetles
- Stag beetles
- Staphylinidae
- Strawberry-weevil
- Tan-bark beetle
- Tenebrionidae
- Tetratomidae
- Tiger beetles
- Tooth-necked fungus beetles
- Trogositidae
- Urodontidae
- Vegetable weevil
- Vesperidae
- Water beetles
- Water penny beetles
- Wood borers
- Zopheridae
Related Terms
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Broader Concepts from Other Schemes
- Beetles--Biological control
- Beetles--Collection and preservation
- Beetles--Control
- Beetles--Ecology
- Beetles--Evolution
- Beetles--Food
- Beetles--Genetics
- Beetles--Geographical distribution
- Beetles--Larvae
- Beetles--Morphology
- Beetles--Parasites
- Beetles--Phylogeny
- Beetles--Reproduction
- Beetles--Research
- Beetles--Type specimens
Sources
- found: Merriam-Webster online dictionary, May 22, 2012:coleoptera (1: capitalized: the largest order of insects comprising the beetles and weevils and being distinguished by a pair of forewings that are usually hard and rigid, are never used for flight, and serve as a protective covering for the delicate flight wings and the upper surface of the abdomen. 2: insects that are beetles. --coleopteran noun or adjective) coleopterology (a branch of zoology that deals with the Coleoptera)
- found: Wikipedia, May 22, 2012:Beetle (Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The study of beetles is called coleopterology, and its practitioners are coleopterists; Classification: Class Insecta, Subclass Pterygota, Infraclass Neoptera, Superorder Endopterygota, Order Coleoptera)
- found: TheFreeDictionary.com, May 22, 2012(coleopterology: the branch of entomology that studies beetles and weevils)
- found: Staeben, J.C. The effects of fire and fire surrogate forest management practices on coleopterans in the Clemson Experimental Forest, 2003.
- found: Ladybug beetles & other coleopterans, c2006.
LC Classification
- QL571-QL597.2
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2012-07-30: revised
Alternate Formats