What is the Adephaga?
Q: What is the Adephaga?
A: The Adephaga is a suborder of beetles.
Q: How many species are there in the Adephaga suborder?
A: There are more than 40,000 recorded species in ten families in the Adephaga suborder.
Q: What are some examples of beetles in the Adephaga suborder?
A: Beetles in the Adephaga suborder include ground beetles, tiger beetles, diving beetles, and whirligig beetles.
Q: What is the largest family in the Adephaga suborder?
A: The largest family in the Adephaga suborder is Carabidae, also known as ground beetles.
Q: What is the origin of the Adephaga suborder?
A: The Adephaga suborder has two groups with a common origin, which are the Hydradephaga (water beetles) and the Geadephaga (ground beetles).
Q: What is the main characteristic of the Adephaga suborder?
A: The Adephaga suborder is mostly predatory.
Q: What is the special defense mechanism of ground beetles?
A: Ground beetles have special pygidial glands which squirt out hot, burning chemicals that serve as a defense mechanism. Bombardier beetles are famous for squirting their nasty chemicals at attackers.
