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Elaphrus Punctatus
''Elaphrus punctatus'' is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Elaphrinae Elaphrinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera: * '' Blethisa'' Bonelli, 1810 * ''Diacheila'' Motschulsky, 1844 * ''Elaphrus ''Elaphrus'' is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the .... It was described by Victor Motschulsky in 1844. References Elaphrinae Beetles described in 1844 {{Carabidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Motschulsky
Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky (sometimes Victor von Motschulsky, russian: link=no, Виктор Иванович Мочульский, 11 April 1810, in St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, in Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in beetles. Motschulsky was an Imperial Army colonel who undertook extended trips abroad. He studied and described many new beetles from Siberia, Alaska, the United States, Europe, and Asia. While he tended to ignore previous work and his own work on classification was of poor quality, Motschulsky made a massive contribution to entomology, exploring hitherto unworked regions, often in very difficult terrain. He described many new genera and species, a high proportion of which remain valid. Travels Motschulsky's travels included: *1836 - France, Switzerland and the Alps, northern Italy and Austria *1839–1840 - Russian Caucasus, Astrakhan, Kazan and Siberia *1847 - Khirgizia *1850–1851 - Germany, Austria, Egypt, India, France, England, ... [...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] |
Elaphrinae
Elaphrinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera: * ''Blethisa ''Blethisa'' is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic. It contains the following species: * ''Blethisa catenaria'' Brown, 1944 * ''Blethisa eschscholtzii'' Zoubkoff, 1829 * ''Blethisa hudsonica'' Casey, 1924 * ''Blethisa inexpectata' ...'' Bonelli, 1810 * '' Diacheila'' Motschulsky, 1844 * '' Elaphrus'' Fabricius, 1775 References Carabidae subfamilies {{Carabidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
