coleopteran: References & Edit History
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Assorted References
- angiosperm pollination
- annotated classification
- characteristics
- consumption of plants
- fauna of Portugal
- role in pollination
- social behaviour
- use of the sun in migration
Additional Reading
General
In addition to information given in textbooks of entomology, the following works should be consulted: J.R. Dibb, Field Book of Beetles (1948); G. Taylor, Some British Beetles (1948); United States Department of Agriculture, “Insects,” 1952 Yearbook of Agriculture (1952), many chapters of this work are devoted to pestiferous beetles—their ravages and control; A.G. Bøving and F.C. Craighead, “An Illustrated Synopsis of the Principal Larval Forms of the Order Coleoptera,” Ent. Amer., vol. 11 (1930–31); J.H. Fabre, Souvenirs entomologiques, 10 vol. (1879–1907). Many of these detailed popular accounts of natural history are available in English. A standard anatomical and biological work, based upon a study of the water beetle Dytiscus, is E. Korschelt, Der Gelbrand Dytiscus marginalis, 2 vol. (1923–24). See also Ross H. Arnett, N.M. Downie and H.E. Jacques, How to Know the Beetles, 2nd ed. (1980); Richard E. White, A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (1983).
Advanced
R.A. Crowson, The Natural Classification of the Families of Coleoptera (1955, reprinted 1967), a descriptive synopsis of all families of beetles, with illustrated key, and many new arrangements; W.W. Fowler, Coleoptera: General Introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae (1912), a general treatment of morphology, including the internal anatomy of beetles, with a general discussion of organs, biology, and classification; J.T. Lacordaire, Histoire naturelle des insectes: genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqui’ici dans cet ordre d’insectes, 12 vol. (1854–76, reprinted 1954–72), the standard work on all the families and genera of beetles known at the time, still extremely useful, with keys to all categories (in French).
Catalogs of the species of Coleoptera include the Catalogus Coleopterorum Europae, 2nd ed. (1906) by L. Heyden, E. Reitter, and J. Weise; C.W. Leng, Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico (1920), with five supplements (1927–48); W. Junk, Coleopterorum Catalogus, 31 vol. (1910–40); R.E. Blackwelder (comp.), Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America, 6 pt. (1944–57, reprinted 1982).
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Article History
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| Add new Web site: University of Florida - Entomology and Nematology Department - Introduction to the Identification of Beetles (Coleoptera) (PDF). | Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies - A preliminary study on the diversity of coleopterans in a rural area in Changanacherry, Kerala. | Sep 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: North Dakota State University - Coleoptera. | Jun 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Amateur Entomologists' Society - Beetles (Order: Coleoptera). | May 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Changes in Coleopteran assemblages over a successional chronosequence in a Mexican tropical dry forest. | Feb 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: NC State University - Agriculture and Life Sciences - Coleoptera. | Sep 15, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NC State Agriculture and Life Sciences - Coleoptera. | May 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature Communications - Evolutionary history of Coleoptera revealed by extensive sampling of genes and species. | Mar 17, 2023 | ||
| Clarified information on the relationship between Ripiphoridae and Strepsiptera. | Sep 20, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Oct 11, 2021 | ||
| Updated number of species in order Coleoptera. | Oct 12, 2017 | ||
| Added images of a red milkweed beetle and a spider beetle. | Oct 12, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Beetles. | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: CoolKidFacts.com - Beetle Facts for Kids. | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and technology For Kids! - Fun Beetle Facts for Kids. | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: NC State University - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - General Entomology - Coleoptera. | Aug 31, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | Jan 05, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | May 14, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Beetle. | Oct 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: BioKids - Beetle. | Oct 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas A&M University - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Order Coleoptera. | Oct 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Zipcode Zoo - Coleoptera. | Apr 30, 2013 | ||
| Updated taxonomic information for the various groups of beetles mentioned throughout the text. | Aug 16, 2012 | ||
| Classification section thoroughly revised. | Aug 16, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: PestNet - Beetles. | Aug 15, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: PestNet - Beetles. | Aug 15, 2012 | ||
| Added image of a darkling beetle. | Apr 13, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Insects.org - Beetles as Religious Symbols. | Sep 01, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Beetles. | May 27, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biodiversity Explorer - Anthia Beetles. | Aug 13, 2010 | ||
| Added image of eleven types of beetles. | May 03, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: BugGuide - Carpet Beetles. | Jun 17, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Cornell University's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station - Hylobius Transversovittatus. | May 06, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Bug Bios - Beetles as Religious Symbols. | Jan 04, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals and Plants - Beetle. | Nov 26, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: A-Z Animals - Beetle. | Jul 17, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Science - Beautiful Beetles. | Jun 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Environmental Education For Kids - Alien Profile: Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle. | Jun 17, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Beetle. | Mar 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Royal Horticultural Society - Begonias: houseplants. | Feb 07, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 01, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 09, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: BugGuide - Order Coleoptera: Beetles. | Jun 02, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: BugGuide - Order Coleoptera: Beetles. | Jun 02, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Beetles. | May 08, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |