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A NEW ARRANGEMENT OF THE COLEOPTERA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. M. Hampton Patton
Affiliation:
Hartford, Conn.

Extract

Coleoptera may be described as Mandibulate Insects, with the forewings horny and the two basal abdominal joints invisible on the venter.

A reduction in the number of abdominal joints at the tip and in the number of joints in the tarsi indicates advancement in rank among Coleoptera. Likewise, a specialization of the antennae to clavicorn or lamellicorn indicates advancement, as well as does the degradation of the larva.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1893

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