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Passalidae
Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles", "betsy bugs", or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their size, ranging from 20 to 43 mm, for having a single "horn" on the head, and for a form of social behavior unusual among beetles. Bodies are elongate-cylindrical and black overall; ventral surfaces may be covered with yellow setae. The head is narrower than the thorax, with antennae consisting of 10 antennomeres with a three-segment club. The elytra are elongate with parallel sides, and heavily striated. They are quasisocial (common nest + brood caring) beetles that live in groups within rotting logs or stumps. The beetles will excavate tunnel systems within rotting wood where the females then lay their eggs. They care for their young by preparing food for them and helping the larvae construct the pupal case. Both adults and larvae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passalus
''Passalus'' is a genus of beetles of the family Passalidae Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles", "betsy bugs", or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their siz .... Species This list is a partial list of species * '' Passalus barrus'' Boucher & Reyes-Castillo, 1991 * '' Passalus bucki'' Luederwaldt, 1931 * '' Passalus coniferus'' Eschscholtz, 1829 * '' Passalus convexus'' Dalman, 1817 * '' Passalus elfriedae'' Luederwaldt, 1931 * '' Passalus epiphanoides'' (Kuwert, 1891) * '' Passalus glaberrimus'' Eschscholtz, 1829 * '' Passalus interruptus'' (Linneo, 1758) * '' Passalus interstitialis'' Eschscholtz, 1829 * '' Passalus pugionifer'' (Kuwert, 1891) * '' Passalus punctatostriatus'' Percheron, 1835 * '' Passalus punctiger'' LePeletier & Serville, 1825 * '' Passalus rhodocanthopoides'' (Kuwert, 1891) * '' Passalus variiphyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odontotaenius Disjunctus
''Odontotaenius disjunctus'', the patent-leather beetle or horned passalus, is a saproxylic beetle in the family Passalidae (bess beetles) which can grow to over 3 cm long, weigh 1-2 grams and are capable of pulling 50 times their own weight. They have been used to study several aspects of general family characteristics since the early 1900s but remain a relatively unknown species within the diverse Coleoptera order. Distribution ''Odontotaenius disjunctus'' is most commonly found in climates with higher humidity, mainly in the warmer parts of both hemispheres, and also widely distributed in temperate North American forests. ''O. disjunctus'' beetles are usually found under, or inside, old logs or stumps and are rarely observed outside of their wooden habitats. General life history These beetles can be found in rotting logs, especially of oak and hickory. This specific locale offers unique benefits in regards to protection from predators and external abiotic factors such tempe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptichopus
''Ptichopus'' is a genus of beetles of the family Passalidae Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles", "betsy bugs", or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their siz .... It is distributed in South America, Central America, and Mexico. Unlike other passalid beetles that are associated with rotting wood, '' Ptichopus angulatus'' is associated with detritus of '' Atta'' leafcutter ant nests. Species There are four recognized species: References Passalidae Scarabaeoidea genera Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup {{Passalidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odontotaenius Floridanus
''Odontotaenius floridanus'', commonly known as the Archbold bess beetle, is a beetle of the family Passalidae. It is endemic to Lake Wales Ridge in Florida. The intriguing aspect of this species lies in its potential evolution, suggesting that it may have emerged as a distinct population during periods of elevated sea levels, effectively isolating it from its mainland counterparts. Description ''Odontotaenius floridanus'' adult individuals can range in size from 30 to 40 mm. These beetles have a glossy black body and present golden hair on their legs, antennae and pronotum. A series of 10 to 15 indentations can be seen on the upper abdomen (elytra), while the upper thorax is vertically divided into two equal segments by a deep groove. The antennae are composed of 10 segments, the three distal ones forming a structure defined as a "lamellated club". The single horn is situated between the eyes and points forward. The lifespan of adult ''Odontotaenius floridanus'' is up to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sociality
Sociality is the degree to which individuals in an animal population tend to associate in social groups (gregariousness) and form cooperative societies. Sociality is a survival response to evolutionary pressures. For example, when a mother wasp stays near her larvae in the nest, parasites are less likely to eat the larvae. Biologists suspect that pressures from parasites and other predators selected this behavior in wasps of the family Vespidae. This wasp behaviour evidences the most fundamental characteristic of animal sociality: parental investment. Parental investment is any expenditure of resources (time, energy, social capital) to benefit one's offspring. Parental investment detracts from a parent's capacity to invest in future reproduction and aid to kin (including other offspring). An animal that cares for its young but shows no other sociality traits is said to be ''subsocial''. An animal that exhibits a high degree of sociality is called a ''social animal'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didimus
''Didimus'' is a genus of beetles of the family Passalidae Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles", "betsy bugs", or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their siz .... Distribution These beetles can be found in tropical Africa. Species * '' Didimus aberrans'' (Kuwert, 1898) * '' Didimus africanus'' (Percheron, 1844) * '' Didimus aloysiisabaudiae'' (Pangella, 1906) * '' Didimus alvaradoi'' Corella, 1941 * '' Didimus communis'' (Kuwert, 1898) * '' Didimus crassus'' Arrow, 1906 (1907) * '' Didimus ealaensis'' Hincks, 1933 * '' Didimus haroldi'' Kuwert, 1898 * '' Didimus knutsoni'' Auriv., 1886 * '' Didimus laevis'' (Klug, 1835) * '' Didimus latifrons'' Corella, 1941 * '' Didimus latipunctus'' Zang, 1905 * '' Didimus nachtigali'' Kuwert, 1891 * '' Didimus parastictus'' (Imohoff, 1843) * '' Didimus punctipectus'' (Kaup, 1868) * '' Didimus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described arthropods and 25% of all known animal species; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. However, the number of beetle species is challenged by the number of species in Fly, dipterans (flies) and hymenopterans (wasps). Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae (ladybirds or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odontotaenius
''Odontotaenius'' is a genus of bess beetles in the family Passalidae Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles", "betsy bugs", or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their siz .... There are about 11 described species in ''Odontotaenius''. Species These 11 species belong to the genus ''Odontotaenius'': * '' Odontotaenius brevioripennis'' (Kuwert, 1891) * '' Odontotaenius calimaensis'' Pardo-Locarno, 2012 * '' Odontotaenius cerastes'' Castillo, Rivera-Cervantes & Reyes-Castillo, 1988 * '' Odontotaenius cuspidatus'' (Truqui, 1857) * '' Odontotaenius disjunctus'' (Illiger, 1800) (horned passalus) * '' Odontotaenius elenae'' Pardo-Locarno, 2012 * '' Odontotaenius floridanus'' Schuster, 1994 * '' Odontotaenius haberi'' Kuwert, 1897 * '' Odontotaenius striatopunctatus'' (Percheron, 1835) * '' Odontotaenius striatulus'' (Dibb, 1940) * '' Odontot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Straits of Florida to the south, and The Bahamas to the southeast. About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. It has the List of U.S. states by coastline, longest coastline in the contiguous United States, spanning approximately , not including its many barrier islands. It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of over 23 million, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, third-most populous state in the United States and ranks List of states and territories of the United States by population density, seventh in population density as of 2020. Florida spans , ranking List of U.S. states ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America that are not in the Nearctic realm include most of coastal Mexico, southern Mexico, southern Florida, coastal central Florida, Central America, Bermuda and the Caribbean islands. Together with South America, these regions are part of the Neotropical realm. Major ecological regions The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) divides the Nearctic into four bioregions, defined as "geographic clusters of ecoregions that may span several habitat types, but have strong biogeographic affinities, particularly at taxonomic levels higher than the species level (genus, family)." Canadian Shield The Canadian Shield bioregion extends across the northern portion of the continent, from the Aleutian Islands to Newfoundland. It includes the Nearctic's arctic tun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora (microbiology)
In microbiology, collective bacteria and other microorganisms in a host are historically known as flora. Although microflora is commonly used, the term microbiota is becoming more common as microflora is a misnomer. Flora pertains to the Kingdom Plantae. Microbiota includes Archaea, Bacteria, Fungi and Protists. Microbiota with animal-like characteristics can be classified as microfauna. History The terms "Flora" and "Fauna" were first used by Carl Linnaeus from Sweden in the title of his 1745 work ''Flora Suecica and Fauna Suecica''. At that time, biology was focused on macroorganisms. Later, with the advent of microscopy, the new discovered ubiquitous microorganisms were fit in this system. Then, Fauna included moving organisms (animals and protist as "micro-fauna") and Flora the organisms with apparent no movement (plants/fungi; and bacteria as "microflora"). The terms "microfauna" and "microflora" are common in old books, but recently they have been replaced by the more adequa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxonomy (biology)
In biology, taxonomy () is the science, scientific study of naming, defining (Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxon, taxa (singular: taxon), and these groups are given a taxonomic rank; groups of a given rank can be aggregated to form a more inclusive group of higher rank, thus creating a taxonomic hierarchy. The principal ranks in modern use are domain (biology), domain, kingdom (biology), kingdom, phylum (''division'' is sometimes used in botany in place of ''phylum''), class (biology), class, order (biology), order, family (biology), family, genus, and species. The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy, having developed a ranked system known as Linnaean taxonomy for categorizing organisms. With advances in the theory, data and analytical technology of biological systematics, the Linnaean system has transfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
