Usechimorpha

	Usechimorpha ''Usechimorpha'' is a genus of ironclad beetles in the family Zopheridae The Zopheridae family of beetles has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these former families are the Monommatidae and the Colydiidae, which are now both incl .... There are at least three described species in ''Usechimorpha''. Species These three species belong to the genus ''Usechimorpha'': * '' Usechimorpha barberi'' Blaisdell, 1929 * '' Usechimorpha montana'' * '' Usechimorpha montanus'' Doyen in Doyen & Lawrence, 1979 References Further reading * * Zopheridae Articles created by Qbugbot {{zopheridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Usechimorpha Montanus ''Usechimorpha'' is a genus of ironclad beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are at least three described species in ''Usechimorpha''. Species These three species belong to the genus ''Usechimorpha'': * '' Usechimorpha barberi'' Blaisdell, 1929 * ''Usechimorpha montana ''Usechimorpha'' is a genus of ironclad beetles in the family Zopheridae The Zopheridae family of beetles has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these forme ...'' * '' Usechimorpha montanus'' Doyen in Doyen & Lawrence, 1979 References Further reading * * Zopheridae Articles created by Qbugbot {{zopheridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Usechimorpha Barberi ''Usechimorpha barberi'' is a species of ironclad beetle in the family Zopheridae The Zopheridae family of beetles has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these former families are the Monommatidae and the Colydiidae, which are now both incl .... It is found in North America. References Further reading * Zopheridae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1929 {{zopheridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Zopheridae The Zopheridae family of beetles has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these former families are the Monommatidae and the Colydiidae, which are now both included in the Zopheridae as subfamilies or (in the former case) even as tribe of subfamily Zopherinae. Some authors accept up to six subfamilies here, while others merge all except the Colydiinae into the Zopherinae. The family has approximately 190 genera and 1700 species, which are found worldwide. A large number of members of the family feed on rotting wood or fungus associated with rotting wood, though some members of Colydiinae are predatory, or feed on living plant tissue such as roots, stems, flower stalks and fruit. The oldest fossils of the family are '' Paleoendeitoma'' (subfamily Colydiinae, tribe Synchitini) and '' Cretomysteria'' from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber from Myanmar. See also * List of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell, Sr. (13 March 1862 – 16 July 1946) was an American professor of surgery who also was a keen naturalist and collector who specialized in beetles, and contributed to the systematics of the Tenebrionidae and the Melyridae. Blaisdell was born in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, but his family moved to San Francisco, after the death of his brothers from scarlet fever, when he was eight, and to San Diego three years later. His father, Solon Greenfield, was a saddle and harness maker, and the family managed a ranch in Poway Valley between 1874 and 1886, where young Blaisdell learned to manage an apiary and began to collect insects. In 1886 he became a county entomologist for San Diego but wished to study medicine. He worked as a clerk and studied medicine under P.C. Remondino and C.C. Valle. He joined Cooper Medical College in 1887 and graduated in 1889 to begin practice in San Diego. He moved to Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, in 1892 and worked there until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ironclad Beetle Zopherinae is a subfamily of beetles, commonly known as ironclad beetles. Together with the subfamily Usechinae, they have been treated historically as a family, but have recently been joined by several additional taxa, making the Zopheridae a much larger composite family, and the Zopherinae are now only a small component within it, consisting of seven genera in the tribe Zopherini and one, '' Phellopsis'' in its own tribe ( Phellopsini). These beetles are apparently fungivores and associated with rotting wood, and as the common name implies, have one of the hardest of all arthropod exoskeletons; in some species, it is almost impossible to drive an insect pin through their bodies without using a small drill to make a hole first. When disturbed, ironclad beetles play dead. Some species in the genus '' Zopherus'' in Mexico are decorated with costume jewelry glued to their bodies, and sold as living brooches, known as ''ma'kech''. Selected species Genus '' Phellopsis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]