An alternative or variant spelling of Coleoptera, the insect order containing all beetles.
A variant form of the Greek-derived term 'Coleoptera.' The doubled 't' may reflect older Latinization practices or different transliteration conventions used in historical entomological texts.
Variant spellings like 'coleopttera' remind us that scientific nomenclature wasn't always standardized—before modern international codes, scientists from different countries sometimes used different spellings, creating fascinating historical fossils in old literature.
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