Epilectus

	Epilectus ''Epilectus'' is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are two described species in ''Epilectus'', found in Australia. The genus ''Epilectus'' Faust, 1904, a weevil Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small, less than in length, and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several families, ..., is a synonym of ''Eurycleonus'' Bedel, 1907 and is no longer valid. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Epilectus'': * '' Epilectus fortis'' (Blackburn, 1888) * '' Epilectus mastersi'' (W.J.MacLeay, 1869) References Scaritinae {{Scaritinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Epilectus Mastersi ''Epilectus'' is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are two described species in ''Epilectus'', found in Australia. The genus ''Epilectus'' Faust, 1904, a weevil, is a synonym of ''Eurycleonus'' Bedel, 1907 and is no longer valid. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Epilectus'': * ''Epilectus fortis ''Epilectus'' is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are two described species in ''Epilectus'', found in Australia. The genus ''Epilectus'' Faust, 1904, a weevil Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoi ...'' (Blackburn, 1888) * '' Epilectus mastersi'' (W.J.MacLeay, 1869) References Scaritinae {{Scaritinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Carabidae 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 Adephag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign ''Sovereign'' is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French , which is ultimately derived from the Latin , meaning 'above'. The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or ... country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Weevil Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small, less than in length, and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several families, with most of them in the family Curculionidae (the true weevils). It also includes bark beetles, which while morphologically dissimilar to other weevils in lacking the distinctive snout, is a subfamily of Curculionidae. Some other beetles, although not closely related, bear the name "weevil", such as the biscuit weevil (''Stegobium paniceum''), which belongs to the family Ptinidae. Many weevils are considered pests because of their ability to damage and kill crops. The grain or wheat weevil (''Sitophilus granarius'') damages stored grain, as does the maize weevil (''Sitophilus zeamais'') among others. The boll weevil (''Anthonomus grandis'') attacks cotton crops; it lays its eggs inside cotton bolls and the larvae eat their way ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]