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Mauroniscidae
Mauroniscidae is a family of Cleroidea, cleroid beetles, formerly included in the family Melyridae. There are presently five or six genera and roughly 30 described species in Mauroniscidae, all of which are native to the Americas. Almost nothing is known about their biology.Lawrence, John F.. "9.10. Mauroniscidae Majer, 1994". ''Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim)'', edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 271-273. Genera * ''Amecomycter'' Majer, 1995 * ''Mauroniscus'' Bourgeois, 1911 * ''Mecomycter'' Horn, 1882 * ''Mectemycor'' Majer, 1995 * ''Scuromanius'' Majer, 1995 ''Incertae sedis'' in Mauroniscidae * ''Dasyrhadus'' Fall, 1910 References Further reading * * * * * * Cleroidea Polyphaga families {{cleroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauroniscus
''Mauroniscus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The ten known species of this genus are found in South America in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru. Species * ''Mauroniscus apicalis'' (Pic, 1910) * ''Mauroniscus boliviensis'' Majer, 1995 * ''Mauroniscus chiliensis'' Estrada & Solervicens, 2021Estrada, P. and J. Solervicens. 2021. Description of a new species of ''Mauroniscus'' Bourgeois, 1911 from Chile (Coleoptera: Mauroniscidae). Zootaxa 4915(1): 127-132. * ''Mauroniscus discipennis'' (Pic, 1910) * ''Mauroniscus germaini'' Majer, 1995 * ''Mauroniscus maculatus'' (Pic, 1927) * ''Mauroniscus roberti'' Bourgeois, 1911 * ''Mauroniscus subfasciatus'' (Pic, 1910) * ''Mauroniscus titschaki'' (Pic, 1954) * ''Mauroniscus wayrauchi'' Majer, 1995 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18606176 Cleroidea Cleroidea genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleroidea
Cleroidea is a small Taxonomic rank, superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly. Description Cleroidea is defined by the following features: adult and larva with Mandible, mandibular mola absent, larva with basal mandibular process (lacinia mobilis) present), and mala with a pedunculate seta present. Some cleroids, especially in Cleridae and the melyrid subfamily Malachiinae, have bright Aposematism, aposematic colouration to deter predators. They mimic the appearances of other arthropods that are unpalatable to predators, such as various beetles (blister beetles, leaf beetles, Lycidae, net-winged beetles), stinging Hymenoptera (ants and Mutillidae, velvet ants), Zygaenidae, zygaenid moths and Tachinidae, tachinid flies. There is variation in the degree of sclerotisation within Cleroidea. Some are hard-bodied beetles with fully sclerotised E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amecomycter
''Amecomycter'' is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The six known species of this genus are found in South America in the countries of Argentina, Chile, and Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ....Majer, K. (1995) Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). ''Entomologische Abhandlungen'' (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89. Species * '' Amecomycter argentinus'' (Pic, 1928) * '' Amecomycter bicoloripennis'' (Pic, 1928) * '' Amecomycter crassus'' Majer, 1995 * '' Amecomycter pallidicolor'' (Pic, 1910) * '' Amecomycter rugicollis'' Majer, 1995 * '' Amecomycter vitticollis'' Majer, 1995 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18606427 Cleroidea Cleroidea genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecomycter
''Mecomycter'' is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The three known species of this genus are found in North America from Kansas west to California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an .... Species * '' Mecomycter majeri'' Howell, 1997Howell, C. D. 1997. Three new species of North American Dasytinae, with two new generic keys. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 70: 11–17. * '' Mecomycter omalinus'' Horn, 1882 * '' Mecomycter testaceus'' Majer, 1995 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18607218 Cleroidea Cleroidea genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mectemycor
''Mectemycor'' is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The three known species of this genus are found in western North America, and all are endemic to California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ....Majer, K. 1995. Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89. Species * '' Mectemycor linearis'' (Fall, 1910) * '' Mectemycor sericeus'' Majer, 1995 * '' Mectemycor strangulatus'' Majer, 1995 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q21225419 Cleroidea Cleroidea genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scuromanius
''Scuromanius'' is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The six known species of this genus are found in South America from Argentina north to Texas and California in North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ....Majer, K. 1995. Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89. Species * '' Scuromanius anemonia'' Majer, 1995 * '' Scuromanius facetus'' (Casey, 1895) * '' Scuromanius ferrugineus'' Majer, 1995 * '' Scuromanius liebecki'' (Blaisdell, 1929) * '' Scuromanius testaceipes'' (Champion, 1914) * '' Scuromanius wickhami'' Majer, 1995 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18606467 Cleroidea Cleroidea genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melyridae
Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. Description Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, or red. Some melyrids ( Malachiinae) have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body and inconspicuous. Some melyrids have the two basal antennomeres greatly enlarged. Most adults and larvae are predaceous, but many are common on flowers. The most common North American species belong to the genus ''Collops'' ( Malachiinae); ''C. quadrimaculatus'' is reddish, with two bluish black spots on each elytron. Four New Guinean species of '' Choresine'' (the more abundant '' C. pulchra'', the less abundant '' C. semiopaca'' and the two infrequent '' C. rugiceps'' and '' C. sp. A'', the latter as yet unnamed) have been found to contain batrachotoxins, which may account ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasyrhadus
''Dasyrhadus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The two known species of this genus are found in western North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri .... Species * '' Dasyrhadus impressicollis'' Fall, 1910 * '' Dasyrhadus longior'' Fall, 1910 References Cleroidea Cleroidea genera {{cleroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incertae Sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is indicated by (of uncertain family), (of uncertain suborder), (of uncertain order) and similar terms. Examples * The fossil plant ''Paradinandra, Paradinandra suecica'' could not be assigned to any family, but was placed ''incertae sedis'' within the order Ericales when described in 2001. * The fossil ''Gluteus minimus (fossil), Gluteus minimus'', described in 1975, could not be assigned to any known animal phylum. The genus is therefore ''incertae sedis'' within the kingdom Animalia. * While it was unclear to which order the New World vultures (family Cathartidae) should be assigned, they were placed in Aves ''incertae sedis''. It was later agreed to place them in a separate order, Cathartiformes. * Boc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
