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Melasis Rufipalis
''Melasis'' is a genus of soldier beetles native to North America and parts of Europe. It contains fourteen species, four of which can be found in the Nearctic realm. Description The species in the genus are approximately 4.0-13.0 mm long. They can be identified by their flat tibiae, lack of antennal Antennae ( antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers", are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. Antennae are connected to the first one or two segments of the arthropod head. They vary widely in form but are always made of one o ... grooves on the prothorax, and the pectinate antennae of male specimens. Species * '' M. brinchangi'' * '' M. pectinicornis'' Melsheimer * '' M. buprestoides'' L. * '' M. fermini'' Sanchez-Ruiz & de la Rosa * '' M. japonica'' Hisamatsu * '' M. rufipalis'' Chevrolat * '' M. rufipennis'' Horn * '' M. shikokensis'' Hisamatsu * '' M. sinensis'' Lucht. * '' M. tibialis'' Lucht. * '' M. tsugae'' Hopping Distribution and habitat Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melasis Bupestroides
''Melasis buprestoides'' is a species of false click beetles native to Europe. The species name ''buprestoides'' (from the beetle genus Buprestis, and Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic p ... ειδής eidēs, "like") refers to the species' body shape. Linnaeus's original name for the beetle was ''Elater buprestoides''. The genus name ''Melasis'' (from Ancient Greek μέλας mélas, "black") refers to the black color of the member species' body. Description The cylindrical beetle is between six and nine millimeters long. The body's greatest width occurs on the leading edge of the scutum. References Beetles described in 1761 Beetles of Europe Elateroidea Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Elateriformia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melasis Japonica
''Melasis'' is a genus of soldier beetles native to North America and parts of Europe. It contains fourteen species, four of which can be found in the Nearctic realm. Description The species in the genus are approximately 4.0-13.0 mm long. They can be identified by their flat tibiae, lack of antennal Antennae ( antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers", are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. Antennae are connected to the first one or two segments of the arthropod head. They vary widely in form but are always made of one o ... grooves on the prothorax, and the pectinate antennae of male specimens. Species * '' M. brinchangi'' * '' M. pectinicornis'' Melsheimer * '' M. buprestoides'' L. * '' M. fermini'' Sanchez-Ruiz & de la Rosa * '' M. japonica'' Hisamatsu * '' M. rufipalis'' Chevrolat * '' M. rufipennis'' Horn * '' M. shikokensis'' Hisamatsu * '' M. sinensis'' Lucht. * '' M. tibialis'' Lucht. * '' M. tsugae'' Hopping Distribution and habitat Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetles Described In 1790
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. 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 insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. 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 ladybugs) eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops. Beetles typically have a particularly hard exo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melasis Tsugae
''Melasis'' is a genus of soldier beetles native to North America and parts of Europe. It contains fourteen species, four of which can be found in the Nearctic realm. Description The species in the genus are approximately 4.0-13.0 mm long. They can be identified by their flat tibiae, lack of antennal Antennae ( antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers", are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. Antennae are connected to the first one or two segments of the arthropod head. They vary widely in form but are always made of one o ... grooves on the prothorax, and the pectinate antennae of male specimens. Species * '' M. brinchangi'' * '' M. pectinicornis'' Melsheimer * '' M. buprestoides'' L. * '' M. fermini'' Sanchez-Ruiz & de la Rosa * '' M. japonica'' Hisamatsu * '' M. rufipalis'' Chevrolat * '' M. rufipennis'' Horn * '' M. shikokensis'' Hisamatsu * '' M. sinensis'' Lucht. * '' M. tibialis'' Lucht. * '' M. tsugae'' Hopping Distribution and habitat Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melasis Sinensis
''Melasis'' is a genus of soldier beetles native to North America and parts of Europe. It contains fourteen species, four of which can be found in the Nearctic realm. Description The species in the genus are approximately 4.0-13.0 mm long. They can be identified by their flat tibiae, lack of antennal Antennae ( antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers", are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. Antennae are connected to the first one or two segments of the arthropod head. They vary widely in form but are always made of one o ... grooves on the prothorax, and the pectinate antennae of male specimens. Species * '' M. brinchangi'' * '' M. pectinicornis'' Melsheimer * '' M. buprestoides'' L. * '' M. fermini'' Sanchez-Ruiz & de la Rosa * '' M. japonica'' Hisamatsu * '' M. rufipalis'' Chevrolat * '' M. rufipennis'' Horn * '' M. shikokensis'' Hisamatsu * '' M. sinensis'' Lucht. * '' M. tibialis'' Lucht. * '' M. tsugae'' Hopping Distribution and habitat Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melasis Fermini
''Melasis fermini'' is a rare species of soldier beetles native to a small area of Spain. It has only been found in three locations in Guadalajara, Caceres, and Ciudad Real, and its estimated range is less than twelve square kilometers. The species was named in honor of the late Fermín Martín Piera, a Spanish biologist and taxonomist who specialized in the study of dung beetles. Description Male Males of the species are small, measuring long by wide. They are mostly parallel for almost their entire length. They have dark ventral regions of a slightly lighter color than the pronotum. The body is covered in fine, short hairs of a golden color. Their head A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Some very simple animals may no ... is black and the Prothorax, pronotum is black or dark brown with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantharidae
The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the red coats of early British soldiers, hence the common name. They are also known commonly as leatherwings because of their soft elytra. Historically, these beetles were placed in a superfamily "Cantharoidea", which has been subsumed by the superfamily Elateroidea; the name is still sometimes used as a rankless grouping, including the families Cantharidae, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Omethidae (which includes Telegeusidae), Phengodidae, and Rhagophthalmidae. Soldier beetles often feed on both nectar and pollen as well as predating other small insects. The larvae are often active, velvety, often brightly-colored, and they feed on the ground, hunting snails and other small creatures. Evolutionary history The oldest described member of the family is '' Molliberus'' from the Early Cretace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melasis Buprestoides
''Melasis buprestoides'' is a species of false click beetles native to Europe. The species name ''buprestoides'' (from the beetle genus Buprestis, and Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic p ... ειδής eidēs, "like") refers to the species' body shape. Linnaeus's original name for the beetle was ''Elater buprestoides''. The genus name ''Melasis'' (from Ancient Greek μέλας mélas, "black") refers to the black color of the member species' body. Description The cylindrical beetle is between six and nine millimeters long. The body's greatest width occurs on the leading edge of the scutum. References Beetles described in 1761 Beetles of Europe Elateroidea Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Elateriformia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
