The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pentamera
Pentamera \Pen*tam"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See Pentamerous.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive division of Coleoptera, including those that normally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of all the known species of the Coleoptera.
Usage examples of "pentamera".
I collected three beetles for you, of which all I can say is that they belong to the pentamera and that I am astonished that even such meagre, attenuated creatures could scrape a living from the desolation we travelled over.