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Zopheridae
Zopheridae is a family of beetles belonging to Tenebrionoidea. It has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families are now included (Monommatidae and Colydiidae), as subfamilies or (in the former case) even as tribe (biology), 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 subgroups of the order Coleoptera Genera * ''Ablabus'' Broun, 1880 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colydiidae
Colydiinae is a subfamily of beetles, commonly known as cylindrical bark beetles. They have been treated historically as a family (biology), family Colydiidae, but have been moved into the Zopheridae, where they constitute the bulk of the diversity of the newly expanded family, with about 140 genera worldwide. They are diverse for example in the Australian region, from where about 35 genera are known; in Europe, though, only 20 genera are found and many of these only with few species. (2002): [Colydiinae]. ''In'': : ''American Beetles'' (Vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea). CRC Press. (2010): Australian Faunal Directory &ndashColydiinae checklist Version of 2011-OCT-20. Retrieved 2012-MAR-31. (2011)Colydiinae Version 2.4, 2011-JAN-24. Retrieved 2012-MAR-31. Little is known about the biology of these beetles. Most feed on fungi, others are carnivores and eat small arthropods such as bark beetles. (1987): ''Beetles of Australia''. Angus and Robertson, Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monommatinae
Monommatini is a tribe of beetles known as monommatid beetles. They are in the ironclad beetle family, Zopheridae. There are about 15 genera and 300 described species in Monommatini. They are found worldwide, with the greatest diversity in Madagascar. They are commonly associated with rotting plant matter such as the dry rotting cambium A cambium (: cambiums or cambia), in plants, is a tissue layer that provides partially undifferentiated cells for plant growth. It is found in the area between xylem and phloem. A cambium can also be defined as a cellular plant tissue from whic ... of trees. Taxonomy Monommatini has been considered a family (Monommatidae) and subfamily (Monommatinae) in the past, but is now treated as a tribe in the subfamily Zopherinae. References Zopheridae {{Zopheridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspathines (beetle)
''Aspathines'' is a genus of opossum beetles in the family Zopheridae. There is at least one described species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ... in ''Aspathines'', ''A. aeneus''. References Further reading * * * Zopheridae Articles created by Qbugbot {{zopheridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acolobicus
''Acolobicus'' is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae Zopheridae is a family of beetles belonging to Tenebrionoidea. It has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families are now included (Monommatidae and Colydiidae), as subfamilies or (in the former case) even as tribe ( .... There is one described species in ''Acolobicus'', ''A. erichsoni''. References Further reading * * Zopheridae Articles created by Qbugbot Monotypic Cucujiformia genera {{zopheridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monommatidae
Monommatini is a tribe of beetles known as monommatid beetles. They are in the ironclad beetle family, Zopheridae. There are about 15 genera and 300 described species in Monommatini. They are found worldwide, with the greatest diversity in Madagascar. They are commonly associated with rotting plant matter such as the dry rotting cambium A cambium (: cambiums or cambia), in plants, is a tissue layer that provides partially undifferentiated cells for plant growth. It is found in the area between xylem and phloem. A cambium can also be defined as a cellular plant tissue from whic ... of trees. Taxonomy Monommatini has been considered a family (Monommatidae) and subfamily (Monommatinae) in the past, but is now treated as a tribe in the subfamily Zopherinae. References Zopheridae {{Zopheridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zopherus Nodulosus
''Zopherus nodulosus'', is a species of ironclad beetle in the family Zopheridae. It is found in Central America and North America. The species name ''nodulosus'' refers to the bumps or nodes on the beetle's back. Subspecies ''Z. n. haldemani'' ''Z. n. haldemani'' Horn, 1870, common names Haldeman's ironclad beetle or Texas ironclad beetle, is sometimes treated as a separate species. It can grow between 1.5 and 2 centimetres in length. The body is a blotchy black-and-white pattern, and the legs are fully black. The subspecies name, ''haldemani'', references the Haldeman brothers ( Samuel Haldeman and Horace Haldeman), the former a naturalist and philologist, the latter a soldier and one of the first people to concentrate on insect collection in Texas. They are thought to feed on lichen and dead plant material. Females have been observed laying eggs on American elms, and larvae and pupae have been found in pecan wood, which "apparently serves as the developmental site for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zopherinae
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] |
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] |
Bitoma
''Bitoma'' is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are about 15 described species in ''Bitoma''. Species * '' Bitoma brevipes'' (Sharp, 1894) * '' Bitoma carinata'' (LeConte, 1863) * ''Bitoma crenata ''Bitoma crenata'' is a species of cylindrical bark beetle in the family Zopheridae Zopheridae is a family of beetles belonging to Tenebrionoidea. It has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families are now includ ...'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Bitoma discolor'' Schaeffer, 1907 * '' Bitoma exarata'' (Pascoe, 1863) * '' Bitoma gracilis'' Sharp, 1894 * '' Bitoma granulata'' (Blatchley, 1910) * '' Bitoma neglecta'' Stephan, 1989 * '' Bitoma ornata'' (LeConte, 1858) * '' Bitoma parallela'' (Sharp, 1885) * '' Bitoma pinicola'' Schaeffer, 1907 * '' Bitoma quadricollis'' (Horn, 1885) * '' Bitoma quadriguttata'' (Say, 1826) * '' Bitoma sulcata'' (LeConte, 1858) * '' Bitoma vittata'' Schaeffer, 1907 References Further reading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulonium
''Aulonium'' is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae Zopheridae is a family of beetles belonging to Tenebrionoidea. It has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families are now included (Monommatidae and Colydiidae), as subfamilies or (in the former case) even as tribe ( .... Selected species * '' Aulonium aequicolle'' LeConte, 1859 * '' Aulonium bicolor'' (Herbst, 1797) * '' Aulonium bidentatum'' Fabricius, 1801 * '' Aulonium cylindricum'' Hinton, 1936 * '' Aulonium ferrugineum'' Zimmermann, 1869 * '' Aulonium grande'' Dajoz, 1980 * '' Aulonium guyanense'' Dajoz, 1980 * '' Aulonium longicolle'' Dajoz, 1980 * '' Aulonium longum'' LeConte, 1866 * '' Aulonium minutum'' Dajoz, 1980 * '' Aulonium parallelopipedum'' (Say, 1826) * '' Aulonium ruficorne'' (Olivier, 1790) * '' Aulonium sulcicolle'' Wollaston, 1864 * '' Aulonium thoracicum'' Dajoz, 1980 * '' Aulonium trisulcum'' (Geoffroy, 1785) * '' Aulonium tuberculatum'' LeConte, 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
