Dichotomous Key/Coleoptera

Coleoptera
Coleoptera
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera

Information related to Coleoptera

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1

  • Notopleural sutures
    • Present - #2 (Suborder: Adephaga)
    • Not present - #3 (Suborder: Polyphaga)

2

  • Coloration
    • Ventrally metallic/iridescent; extremely large eyes and cursorial form- Cicindelidae
    • Brown, black, or uniformly metallic (some are iridescent on elytra only) - Carabidae

3

  • Toothed or scalloped edge on front tibia

4

5

  • Makes a clicking sound when escaping or flipping over

6

  • Antennae clubbed
    • Yes - either Bostrichidae or Nitidulidae
    • No - #7

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9

Could be Buprestidae, Cantharidae, Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, Scolytidae