How do you Classify Beetles?
Kingdom Animalia (Aminal)
Phylum Arthropoda- exoskeleton + jointed limbs
Class Insecta
- Six-legges arthropods
Order Coleoptera
Family (varies- Elateridae, Cantharidae, Carabidae,
etc...)
Genus + species= scientific name
(eg.-Agriotes ustulatus)
species
Most animals are also called by a common name (eg. Click beetle)
Click beetle: Agriotes ustulatus
