← Back

Beetle

Perapion neofallax

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Brentidae

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.

Distribution

Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
Austria · 1