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Anthia Fornasinii
''Anthia fornasinii'' is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Anthiinae. It was described by Bertoloni in 1845. The specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ... ''fornasinii'' is in honour of Italian amateur naturalist Carlo Antonio Fornasini. References Anthiinae (beetle) Beetles described in 1845 {{AnthiinaeBeetle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ground Beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families. They belong to the Adephaga. Members of the family are primarily carnivorous, but some members are phytophagous or omnivorous. Description and ecology Although their body shapes and coloring vary somewhat, most are shiny black or metallic and have ridged wing covers (elytra). The elytra are fused in some species, particularly the large Carabinae, rendering the beetles unable to fly. The species ''Mormolyce phyllodes'' is known as violin beetle due to their peculiarly shaped elytra. All carabids except the quite primitive flanged bombardier beetles (Paussinae) have a groove on their fore leg tibiae bearing a comb of hairs used for cleaning their antennae. Defensive secretions Typical for the ancient beetle suborder Adephaga to wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthiinae (beetle)
Anthiinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera: Others consider it a tribe (Anthiini) of Harpalinae. * '' Aenigma'' Koch, 1846 * '' Ametroglossus'' Sloane, 1914 * '' Anthia'' Weber, 1801 * '' Atractonotus'' Perroud, 1846 * '' Baeoglossa'' Chaudoir, 1850 * '' Colfax'' Andrewes, 1920 * '' Creagris'' Nietner, 1857 * '' Cycloloba'' Chaudoir, 1850 * ''Cypholoba'' Chaudoir, 1850 * '' Dailodontus'' Reiche, 1843 * '' Dicranoglossus'' Chaudoir, 1872 * '' Eccoptoptera'' Chaudoir, 1878 * '' Epimicodema'' Sloane, 1914 * '' Erephognathus'' Alluaud, 1932 * ''Gigadema'' J. Thomson, 1859 * '' Gonogenia'' Chaudoir, 1844 * '' Helluapterus'' Sloane, 1914 * '' Helluarchus'' Sloane, 1914 * ''Helluo'' Bonelli, 1813 * ''Helluobrochus'' Reichardt, 1974 * ''Helluodema'' Castelnau, 1867 * ''Helluodes'' Westwood, 1846 * ''Helluomorpha'' Castelnau, 1834 * ''Helluomorphoides'' Ball, 1951 * ''Helluonidius'' Chaudoir, 1872 * ''Helluopapua'' Darlington, 1968 * ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Specific Epithet (zoology)
In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet or species epithet) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen). The first part of the name of a species is the name of the genus or the generic name. The rules and regulations governing the giving of a new species name are explained in the article species description. For example, the scientific name for humans is ''Homo sapiens'', which is the species name, consisting of two names: ''Homo'' is the " generic name" (the name of the genus) and ''sapiens'' is the "specific name". Historically, ''specific name'' referred to the combination of what are now called the generic and specific names. Carl Linnaeus, who formalized binomial nomenclature, made explicit distinctions between specific, generic, and trivial names. The generic name was that of the genus, the first in the binomial, the trivial name was the second name in the binomial, and the specific the proper term for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Antonio Fornasini
Carlo Antonio Fornasini (1802/18051865) was an Italian ivory trader and amateur field naturalist who worked in Mozambique. He collected numerous specimens of animals, insects and plants, and presented them to the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna in his home city for scientific study. He is remembered for having had several taxa named in his honour during his lifetime. Biography Little seems to be known of his life or background. The honorific ''cavaliere'' (roughly equivalent to the British 'Sir'; in the Latin-language sources which mention him, ''eques'') suggests that he himself or his family had some civil distinction. He was from Bologna. Either, he travelled to Pernambuco in Brazil, and, on returning by way of Lisbon and Genoa to Bologna, was encouraged by Professor Antonio Bertoloni and by Count Camilla Salina to pursue in Africa his interest in natural history, and travelled to Mozambique; or, the House of Salina took a paternal interest in him, he left Bolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
