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Index

INDEX

A

Abax 98

abdomen 8, 10, 16–17

Adephaga 90–107

Aderidae 43

Agrilinae 146–7

Agrilus 59, 146–7

Agriotes 157

Agrypninae 158–9

Agyrtidae 117

Alaobia 125

Aleochara 125

Aleocharinae 41, 124–5

Amarygmus 193

amber 22–3, 27

Ampedus 156–7

Amphizoa 48

Amphizoidae 48, 93

Anning, Mary 74

Anobiinae 168

Anobium 61

Anomala 140

Anoplognathus 141

Anoplophora 59, 204–5

Anorus 145

ant nests 40–1, 114, 127

ant-like flower beetles 198–9

ant-like litter beetles 126–7

antennae 13, 14–15, 19

Anthicidae 198–9

Anthonomus 55

Anthrenus 60–1

Anthribidae 216–17

Anthribus 217

antimicrobials 77

aphids 25, 185

Aphodiinae 38

Apioninae 220–1

aquatic beetles 12, 48–51,

87–9, 92–3, 102–7, 112–13,

152–3

Araecerus 216

Archostemata 82–5

art 68–9

Asian Longhorn 59, 204–5

Aspidytidae 92–3

Astylus 176

Atlas Beetles 18, 129

Attelabidae 218–19

Attenborough, Sir David 75

augur beetles 168–9

B

Banks, Joseph 53

Baranowskiella 116

Baridinae 14

bark beetles

30, 59, 172, 174, 179, 226–7

bark-gnawing beetles 172

Bates, Henry Walter 74, 202

beaches 46–7

Beaver Beetles 118–19

“Beetle Wing Dress” 69

Belohina 128

Belohinidae 128

biological control

35, 64–5, 166, 207, 221

bioluminescence

15, 16–17, 43, 154, 159, 162–3

biomimetics 76–7

biospeleology 44–5

Biphyllidae 173

Blaps 61, 79, 192

Bledius 101

blister beetles 78, 196–7

Bolboceratinae 131

bombardier beetles 17, 91

Bostrichidae 168–9

Bostrichoidea 168–9

Brachininae 91

Brachinus 17

Brentidae 220–1

Brentinae 220

broad-nosed weevils 224–5

Bruchinae 19, 54

bubble bugs 78

Buprestidae 12, 59, 69, 146–51

Buprestinae 148–9

Buprestis 29, 52, 148

burrowing ground beetles

100–1

burying beetles 33, 39, 77, 120

Byrrhoidea 152–3

C

Callirhipidae 153

Callirhipis 153

Cantharidae 164–5

cantharidin 78, 197

capricorn beetles 206–7

Carabidae 13, 17, 24–5, 49, 50,

91, 92, 96–101

carpet beetles 60

Carpophilus 183

carrion beetles

32–3, 118, 120–1

Cassidinae 208–9

caves 44–5

cedar beetles 153

cellar beetles 61, 192

Cerambycidae 58–9, 202–7

Cerambycinae 206–7

Ceratocanthinae 134–5

Cetoniinae 129

Chalcosoma 18–19, 129

checkered beetles 172–5

Cholevinae 118

Christmas beetles 141

Chrysina 141

Chrysochroinae 150–1

Chrysomelidae 16, 19, 26,

54–5, 64, 69, 208–13

Chrysomeloidea 200–1