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Colilodionini
''Colilodion'', sole member of the tribe Colilodionini, is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae and comprising eight species from Southeast Asia. Ecology Species of the genus ''Colilodion'' are presumed to be myrmecophiles due to the presence of trichomes retaining ant pheromones. Systematics The exact systematic placement of the genus remains uncertain; it is the only member of the Colilodionini tribe, sharing certain characteristics with Clavigeritae, where it was originally placed by Claude Besuchet in 1991, and others that resemble the Pselaphitae. Eight species have been described: * '' Colilodion concinnus'' Besuchet, 1991 * '' Colilodion incredibilis'' Besuchet, 1991 * '' Colilodion inopinatus'' Besuchet, 1991 * '' Colilodion mirus'' Besuchet, 1991 * ''Colilodion schulzi ''Colilodion schulzi'' is a species of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae. This small, robust, reddish-brown rove beetle is known from a single specimen, a long fema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colilodion Schulzi
''Colilodion schulzi'' is a species of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae. This small, robust, reddish-brown rove beetle is known from a single specimen, a long female. It resembles the species '' C. concinnus'' and '' C. inopinatus'' with its enlarged antennomeres III, but it is easily distinguished by the greater maximum width and less variable width of these appendages, and by other morphological characteristics. Although its ecology is unknown, the presence of trichomes and the knowledge of related species, such as Staphylinidae suggests that this insect is myrmecophilous. The holotype was collected in 2009 in Palawan (Philippines) while sifting plant debris in a coniferous forest. The species was described in 2016 by the coleopterists Zi-Wei Yin from Shanghai Normal University and Giulio Cuccodoro from the Natural History Museum of Geneva, where the type specimen is part of the collection. The taxon's specific denomination is dedicated to the German myrmecologist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clavigeritae
The Clavigeritae form a supertribe of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the ....Besuchet, C.; Hlaváč, P. 2011: Contribution to the knowledge of Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Fiji and Vanuatu, with the catalogue of Clavigeritae of Oceania. '' Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae'' 51(2): 517–528Full article (PDF)/ref> Systematics The Clavigeritae comprise the following tribes: * Clavigerini * Colilodionini * Tiracerini * Protoclavigerini References {{Taxonbar, from=Q21350040 Supertribes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pselaphitae
The Pselaphitae are a supertribe of rove beetles. Tribes * Arhytodini * Ceophyllini * Pselaphini * Tmesiphorini * Tyrini * Hybocephalini * Attapeniini * Pachygastrodini * Odontalgini Genera These 13 genera belong to the supertribe Pselaphitae: * ''Atinus'' Horn, 1868 * '' Biotus'' Casey, 1887 * '' Caccoplectus'' Sharp, 1887 * '' Cedius'' LeConte, 1849 * '' Ceophyllus'' LeConte, 1849 * '' Ctenisis'' Raffray, 1890 * '' Ctenisodes'' Raffray, 1897 * '' Hamotus'' Aubé, 1844 * '' Mipseltyrus'' Park, 1953 * '' Pselaphus'' Herbst, 1792 * '' Tmesiphorus'' LeConte, 1849 * '' Tyrus'' Aubé, 1833 * '' Upoluna'' Schaufuss, 1886 b Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Supertribes {{staphylinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several examples, but explicitly designated as the holotype. Under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), a holotype is one of several kinds of name-bearing types. In the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and ICZN, the definitions of types are similar in intent but not identical in terminology or underlying concept. For example, the holotype for the butterfly '' Plebejus idas longinus'' is a preserved specimen of that subspecies, held by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. In botany, an isotype is a duplicate of the holotype, where holotype and isotypes are often pieces from the same individual plant or samples from the same gathering. A holotype is not necessaril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pheromone
A pheromone () is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species. Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting like hormones outside the body of the secreting individual, to affect the behavior of the receiving individuals. There are '' alarm pheromones'', ''food trail pheromones'', '' sex pheromones'', and many others that affect behavior or physiology. Pheromones are used by many organisms, from basic unicellular prokaryotes to complex multicellular eukaryotes. Their use among insects has been particularly well documented. In addition, some vertebrates, plants and ciliates communicate by using pheromones. The ecological functions and evolution of pheromones are a major topic of research in the field of chemical ecology. Background The portmanteau word "pheromone" was coined by Peter Karlson and Martin Lüscher in 1959, based on the Greek φερω ''pheroo'' ('I carry') and ὁρμων ''hormon'' ('stimulating'). Pheromone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
