Pentamera

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pentamera \Pen*tam"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Pentamerous}.]
     (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]