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Coleoptera is the largest order of insects, representing about 40% of all insect species. (mander.xyz)
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[–] bazus1 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You coleopterans come here, talkin' big about your beetle shapes and species. I'm only interest in biomass, and class Isoptera has that on lock, with roughly 77% of total soil arthropod biomass.
Yuval Rosenberg et al., The global biomass and number of terrestrial arthropods.Sci. Adv.9,eabq4049(2023).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abq4049

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Isopods are cheating. They're ancient, like older than bones. Colepotera are the new kids on the block with the shiny new sports car wings.

Fun facts, though, for readers: Of the roughly 1 million named insect species on Earth, about 400,000 are beetles. https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/why-are-there-so-many-types-of-beetles

[–] bazus1 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

No, what's cheating is sticking with Insecta. It's a short walk up and over to get to Crustacea->Copepoda and we can have more biomass than terrestrial life.

ed: I applaud your work. Science-high-five.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Lazy passive sci comm. :)