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- proper noun A taxonomic
suborder within theorder Coleoptera — the adephaganbeetles .
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The most primitive sub-order of beetles, Adephaga, has the most number of families that are truely aquatic, meaning that eggs and larvae both develop underwater.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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The larvae and adults of the suborder Adephaga are predators on other insects and small crustaceans.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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Adephagous: belonging to the Adephaga: pentamerous, predatory, terrestrial beetles with filiform antennae and predatory habits: see hydradephagous.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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In one section of the order, however, the Adephaga comprising the predaceous terrestrial and aquatic beetles, the larval foot has, like that of the adult, two claws.
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