order
Coleoptera
Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described arthropods and 25% of all known animal species; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species.
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334,180 species Catalogue of Life COL26.10 · CC BY
Shares counted over species below this taxon. Tree of Life v3d, precomputed counts
Not assessed by the IUCN Red List (or no assessment linked via Wikidata).
Dataset v3d. Classification: Catalogue of Life COL26.10 (CC BY 4.0) and Open Tree of Life (CC0). Each photo is credited where it is shown.