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Ellychnia Salvini
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of firefly, fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. These beetles are active during the day, and have no light-producing organs as adults; instead, they attract mates using chemical signals. The larvae of ''Ellychnia'' fireflies live in rotting logs. Species list *''Ellychnia affinis'' *''Ellychnia albilatera'' *''Ellychnia atra'' *''Ellychnia aurora'' *''Ellychnia autumnalis'' *''Ellychnia bivulneris'' *''Ellychnia californica'' *''Ellychnia cordovae'' *''Ellychnia corrusca'' *''Ellychnia facula'' *''Ellychnia flavicollis'' *''Ellychnia fumigata'' *''Ellychnia granulicollis'' *''Ellychnia greeni'' *''Ellychnia hatchi'' *''Ellychnia lacustris'' *''Ellychnia lunicollis'' *''Ellychnia mexicana'' *''Ellychnia moesta'' *''Ellychnia obscurevittata'' *''Ellychnia salvini'' *''Ellychnia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellychnia Corrusca
''Ellychnia corrusca'', the winter firefly, is a species of firefly in the genus ''Ellychnia''. It is a lantern-less diurnal beetle common in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The adults spend winter on a colony tree, favoring ''Quercus'' (oak), ''Carya'' (hickory), and ''Liriodendron tulipifera'' (tulip poplar). This beetle can be found in a large variety of habitats but is most notoriously known as a pest. In the maple syrup business, these beetles are commonly found in the buckets of sap from tapped trees. Description ''Ellychnia corrusca'' is a medium to large beetle, with adults that are long. The head shield, or pronotum, has a black, rounded central mark bordered by yellow and pink on both sides. The pronotum has black edges. The wing covers, or elytra, are dark and have fine hairs that can seem greenish or golden in certain light conditions. Adult ''E. corrusca'' do not have lanterns. The last abdominal segment on the underside of the adults differs between males ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellychnia Lunicollis
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. These beetles are active during the day, and have no light-producing organs as adults; instead, they attract mates using chemical signals. The larvae of ''Ellychnia'' fireflies live in rotting logs. Species list *'' Ellychnia affinis'' *'' Ellychnia albilatera'' *'' Ellychnia atra'' *'' Ellychnia aurora'' *'' Ellychnia autumnalis'' *'' Ellychnia bivulneris'' *'' Ellychnia californica'' *'' Ellychnia cordovae'' *'' Ellychnia corrusca'' *'' Ellychnia facula'' *'' Ellychnia flavicollis'' *'' Ellychnia fumigata'' *'' Ellychnia granulicollis'' *'' Ellychnia greeni'' *'' Ellychnia hatchi'' *'' Ellychnia lacustris'' *'' Ellychnia lunicollis'' *'' Ellychnia mexicana'' *'' Ellychnia moesta'' *'' Ellychnia obscurevittata'' *''Ellychnia salvini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. ITIS was originally formed in 1996 as an interagency group within the US federal government, involving several US federal agencies, and has now become an international body, with Canadian and Mexican government agencies participating. The database draws from a large community of taxonomic experts. Primary content staff are housed at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and IT services are provided by a US Geological Survey facility in Denver. The primary focus of ITIS is North American species, but many biological groups exist worldwide and ITIS collaborates with other agencies to increase its global coverage. Reference database ITIS provides an automated reference database of scientific and common names for species. it contains over 839,000 scientific names, synonyms, and ... [...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] |
Sexual Dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different Morphology (biology), morphological characteristics, including characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most dioecy, dioecious species, which consist of most animals and some plants. Differences may include secondary sex characteristics, size, weight, color, markings, or behavioral or cognitive traits. Male-male reproductive competition has evolved a diverse array of sexually dimorphic traits. Aggressive utility traits such as "battle" teeth and blunt heads reinforced as battering rams are used as weapons in aggressive interactions between rivals. Passive displays such as ornamental feathering or song-calling have also evolved mainly through sexual selection. These differences may be subtle or exaggerated and may be subjected to sexual selection and natural selection. The opposite of dimorphism is ''monomorphism'', when both biological sexes are phenotype, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pronotum
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on each side. The prothorax never bears wings in extant insects (except in some cases of atavism), though some fossil groups possessed wing-like projections. All adult insects possess legs on the prothorax, though in a few groups (e.g., the butterfly family Nymphalidae) the forelegs are greatly reduced. In many groups of insects, the pronotum is reduced in size, but in a few it is hypertrophied, such as in all beetles (Coleoptera). In most treehoppers (family Membracidae, order Hemiptera), the pronotum is expanded into often fantastic shapes that enhance their camouflage or mimicry. Similarly, in the Tetrigidae, the pronotum is extended backward to cover the flight wings, supplanting the function of the tegmina. See also * Glossary of entom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firefly
The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production of light, mainly during twilight, to attract mates. The type species is '' Lampyris noctiluca'', the common glow-worm of Europe. Light production in the Lampyridae is thought to have originated as a warning signal that the larvae were distasteful. This ability to create light was then co-opted as a mating signal and, in a further development, adult female fireflies of the genus '' Photuris'' mimic the flash pattern of the '' Photinus'' beetle to trap their males as prey. Fireflies are found in temperate and tropical climates. Many live in marshes or in wet, wooded areas where their larvae have abundant sources of food. Although all known fireflies glow as larvae, only some species produce light in their adult stage, and the location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellychnia Variegata
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. These beetles are active during the day, and have no light-producing organs as adults; instead, they attract mates using chemical signals. The larvae of ''Ellychnia'' fireflies live in rotting logs. Species list *''Ellychnia affinis'' *''Ellychnia albilatera'' *''Ellychnia atra'' *''Ellychnia aurora'' *''Ellychnia autumnalis'' *''Ellychnia bivulneris'' *'' Ellychnia californica'' *''Ellychnia cordovae'' *''Ellychnia corrusca'' *'' Ellychnia facula'' *'' Ellychnia flavicollis'' *'' Ellychnia fumigata'' *'' Ellychnia granulicollis'' *'' Ellychnia greeni'' *'' Ellychnia hatchi'' *'' Ellychnia lacustris'' *''Ellychnia lunicollis'' *'' Ellychnia mexicana'' *''Ellychnia moesta'' *''Ellychnia obscurevittata'' *''Ellychnia salvini'' *''Ellychnia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellychnia Simplex
''Ellychnia simplex'' is a species of firefly in the genus ''Ellychnia ''Ellychnia'' is a genus of firefly, fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is ...''. References Lampyridae Beetles described in 1885 {{Firefly-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellychnia Sanguinicollis
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. These beetles are active during the day, and have no light-producing organs as adults; instead, they attract mates using chemical signals. The larvae of ''Ellychnia'' fireflies live in rotting logs. Species list *''Ellychnia affinis'' *''Ellychnia albilatera'' *''Ellychnia atra'' *''Ellychnia aurora'' *''Ellychnia autumnalis'' *''Ellychnia bivulneris'' *'' Ellychnia californica'' *''Ellychnia cordovae'' *'' Ellychnia corrusca'' *'' Ellychnia facula'' *'' Ellychnia flavicollis'' *'' Ellychnia fumigata'' *'' Ellychnia granulicollis'' *'' Ellychnia greeni'' *'' Ellychnia hatchi'' *'' Ellychnia lacustris'' *''Ellychnia lunicollis'' *'' Ellychnia mexicana'' *''Ellychnia moesta'' *''Ellychnia obscurevittata'' *''Ellychnia salvini ''Ellychn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellychnia Salvini
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of firefly, fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. These beetles are active during the day, and have no light-producing organs as adults; instead, they attract mates using chemical signals. The larvae of ''Ellychnia'' fireflies live in rotting logs. Species list *''Ellychnia affinis'' *''Ellychnia albilatera'' *''Ellychnia atra'' *''Ellychnia aurora'' *''Ellychnia autumnalis'' *''Ellychnia bivulneris'' *''Ellychnia californica'' *''Ellychnia cordovae'' *''Ellychnia corrusca'' *''Ellychnia facula'' *''Ellychnia flavicollis'' *''Ellychnia fumigata'' *''Ellychnia granulicollis'' *''Ellychnia greeni'' *''Ellychnia hatchi'' *''Ellychnia lacustris'' *''Ellychnia lunicollis'' *''Ellychnia mexicana'' *''Ellychnia moesta'' *''Ellychnia obscurevittata'' *''Ellychnia salvini'' *''Ellychnia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
