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Coleoptera
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The beetles: the single most species-rich order of any organism on Earth, defined by a hardened front pair of wings (elytra) that fold over and protect a membranous flying hind pair. Coleoptera is famously diverse enough that the biologist J.B.S. Haldane is said to have joked that the creator must have had 'an inordinate fondness for beetles.'
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