#beetle insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
supertype: insect small air-breathing arthropod
subtype: tiger_beetle ladybug ground_beetle lightning_bug long-horned_beetle leaf_beetle carpet_beetle clerid_beetle lamellicorn_beetle elaterid_beetle water_beetle whirligig_beetle deathwatch_beetle weevil blister_beetle bark_beetle rove_beetle
member of: order_Coleoptera__Coleoptera beetles
member of: class_Insecta__Insecta__Hexapoda__class_Hexapoda insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
member of: phylum_Arthropoda__Arthropoda jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes
member of: kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
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