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Hodoxenina
''Hodoxenus'' is a monotypic genus of rove beetle The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousand ..., containing one species, ''Hodoxenus sheasbyi'', and is the only genus in the subtribe Hodoxenina. ''Hodoxenus'' cohabitates with the termite species ''Microhodotermes viator'', often antennating worker termites and presenting its abdomen to them. The only known location of the species is in the Cape Province in South Africa. References Monotypic Aleocharinae genera Beetles described in 1970 {{Staphylinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microhodotermes Viator
''Microhodotermes viator'', commonly called the southern harvester termite, the Karoo harvesting termite, the wood-eating harvester termite, houtkapper (), and stokkiesdraer (), is a species of harvester termite native to the desert shrubland of Namibia and South Africa. The Eusociality, eusocial insects inhabit soil Mound-building termites, mounds called heuweltjies. In 2024, researchers found inhabited ''Microhodotermes viator'' mounds up to 34,000 years old—by far the oldest active termite structures ever dated. Description The holotype, collected and first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, has a clear red-brown head with a width of 3.8 mm. The unusually large head of ''M. viator'' is distinctive among Hodotermitidae. On its head are sharply-defined bright yellow pseudo-ocelli. The body is an opaque yellow-orange, with a dark band in the transverse furrow of the prothorax, and the Arthropod leg, legs are pale yellow. Claude Fuller described the legs as b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rove Beetle
The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is one of the largest families in the beetle order, and one of the largest families of organisms. It is an ancient group that first appeared during the Middle Jurassic based on definitive records of fossilized rove beetles, with the Late Triassic taxon ''Leehermania'' more likely belonging to Myxophaga. They are an ecologically and morphologically diverse group of beetles, and commonly encountered in terrestrial ecosystems. One well-known species is the devil's coach-horse beetle (''Ocypus olens''). For some other species, see List of rove beetle (Staphylinidae) species recorded in Britain, list of British rove beetles. Anatomy As might be expected for such a large family, considerable variation exists among the spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monotypic Aleocharinae Genera
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispecific" or "monospecific" is sometimes preferred. In botanical nomenclature, a monotypic genus is a genus in the special case where a genus and a single species are simultaneously described. Theoretical implications Monotypic taxa present several important theoretical challenges in biological classification. One key issue is known as "Gregg's Paradox": if a single species is the only member of multiple hierarchical levels (for example, being the only species in its genus, which is the only genus in its family), then each level needs a distinct definition to maintain logical structure. Otherwise, the different taxonomic ranks become effectively identical, which creates problems for organizing biological diversity in a hierarchical system. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
