Adephaga Adephaga

Adephaga - Definition

Adephaga
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Blister Beetle
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Coleoptera
Suborder : 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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