| has member | (noun) insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
beetle |
| has member | (noun) tiger beetles
Cicindelidae, family Cicindelidae |
| has member | (noun) the ladybugs
family Coccinellidae, Coccinellidae |
| has member | (noun) ground beetles
family Carabidae, Carabidae |
| has member | (noun) fireflies
family Lampyridae, Lampyridae |
| has member | (noun) long-horned beetles
family Cerambycidae, Cerambycidae |
| has member | (noun) leaf beetles
family Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelidae |
| has member | (noun) carpet beetles
Dermestidae, family Dermestidae |
| has member | (noun) beetles that prey on other insects
family Cleridae, Cleridae |
| has member | (noun) scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles
superfamily Lamellicornia, Lamellicornia |
| has member | (noun) click beetles and certain fireflies
Elateridae, family Elateridae |
| has member | (noun) water beetles
family Dytiscidae, Dytiscidae |
| has member | (noun) whirligig beetles
family Gyrinidae, Gyrinidae |
| has member | (noun) deathwatch beetles
Anobiidae, family Anobiidae |
| has member | (noun) true weevils: snout beetles
family Curculionidae, Curculionidae |
| has member | (noun) blister beetles
family Meloidae, Meloidae |
| has member | (noun) large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees
Ipidae, family Scolytidae, Scolytidae, family Ipidae |
| has member | (noun) rove beetles
Staphylinidae, family Staphylinidae |
| has member | (noun) a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms
family Tenebrionidae, Tenebrionidae |
| has member | (noun) seed beetles
family Bruchidae, Bruchidae |
| member of | (noun) insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta, class Hexapoda |
| similar | e/Coleoptera |
| similar | e/simple/Coleoptera |