Coleopterology (from
Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
and
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'') is the
scientific
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study of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s, a branch of
entomology
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...
. Practitioners are termed coleopterists and form groups of amateurs and professionals for business and pleasure. Among these is The Coleopterists Society, an
international organization
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based in the United States.
Journals
Research in this field is often published in
peer-reviewed journals specific to the field of coleopterology, though journals dealing with general entomology also publish many papers on various aspects of beetle biology. Some of the journals specific to beetle research are:
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The Coleopterist'' (United Kingdom beetle fauna)
* ''The Coleopterists Bulletin'' (published by The Coleopterists Society)
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Elytron
An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes ...
'' (published by the European Association of Coleopterology)
Famous Colopertists
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Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English Natural history#Before 1900, naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all speci ...
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Henry Walter Bates
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Alfred Russel Wallace
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George Robert Crotch
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Ross Taylor Bell
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Joyce Rockenbach Bell
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George Eugene Ball
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Aleš Smetana
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Dr. Nithya Chandran
Literature
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* KW Harde, F. Severa: The Cosmos Beetle leader Franckh, Stuttgart, 1981. .
* Wolfgang Willner: Pocket Dictionary of beetles of Central Europe Source & Meier, Wiebelsheim 2013. .
See also
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List of coleopterists
References
External links
''The Coleopterist''– includes a biographical dictionary of British coleopterists
Gouillard J. 2004. ''Histoire des entomologistes français (1750–1950). Édition entièrement revue et augmentée''. Paris, Société Nouvelle des Éditions Boubée. 288 pp.
Subfields of entomology
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