| Descriptor English: | Coleoptera | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Escarabajos 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Besouros | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Coléoptères | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | Beetle Beetles | ||||||
| Tree number(s): | B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.375 | ||||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001517 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Order of winged insects also known as beetles comprising over 350,000 species in 150 families. They possess hard bodies with mouthparts adapted for chewing. | ||||||
| Annotation: | for killing beetles with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES | ||||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | AH                                                            anatomy & histology CH chemistry CL classification CY cytology DE drug effects EM embryology EN enzymology GD growth & development GE genetics IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology PH physiology PS parasitology PY pathogenicity RE radiation effects UL ultrastructure VI virology | ||||||
| Public MeSH Note: | 2018; see BEETLES 1963-2017 | ||||||
| History Note: | 2018(1963) | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 1536 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D001517 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | QX 555 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1963/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2017/07/11 | 
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 Eukaryota [B01]Eukaryota
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                | Concept UI | M0002279 | 
| Scope note | Order of winged insects also known as beetles comprising over 350,000 species in 150 families. They possess hard bodies with mouthparts adapted for chewing. | 
| Preferred term | Coleoptera | 
| Entry term(s) | Beetle Beetles | 
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