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Adephaga

Adephaga
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Blister Beetle
 : Eukaryota
 : Animalia
 : Arthropoda
 : Insecta
 : Coleoptera
 : Adephaga
Families

Amphizoidae
Carabidae
Cicindelidae
Dytiscidae
Gyrinidae
Haliplidae
Noteridae
Rhysodidae

Adephaga is the second largest suborder in the Coleoptera order. Among its species are wrinkled bark beetles and ground beetles. Adult adephagans are distinguished by visible notopleural sutures and having the first visible abdominal sternite divided by the hind coxae.

The phylogeny of the group is controversial and various arrangements of the 8 families have been proposed.



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01-04-2007 01:21:04