Adaptive Diversification Of Beetles

In Tertiary period, when the angiosperm rose and experienced an adaptive radiation, order Coleoptera experienced a direct diversification of beetle population. As shown by the fossil record, Beetles doubled their genera (category) by reached over 300 genera, which had a countless amount of beetle species within a single genera. Beetles became highly specialized to a specific angiosperm. For example, Araucaria strobili, more commonly known as the Argentine beetle has only been associated with a single place in Argentina, and no where else. The development of monocot and eudicot plants lead to the further diversification of beetles. Adaptive radiation of angiosperms lead to the immense diversification of beetle. Beetles became highly specialized