Polyphaga

TranslingualEdit

Bostrichus capucinus

EtymologyEdit

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Proper nounEdit

Polyphaga

A taxonomic suborder within the order Coleoptera — a very great number of beetles having the prothoracic pleuron not externally visible but fused with the trochantin.

HyponymsEdit

(suborder): Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia, Elateriformia, Scarabaeiformia, Staphyliniformia (infraorders)

External linksEdit

Polyphaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Polyphaga on Wikispecies. Wikispecies
Polyphaga on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
Polyphaga at the Tree of Life Web Project