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Notiophilus Intermedius
''Notiophilus intermedius'', the intermediate big-eyed beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America (British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Quebec, Alaska), where it inhabits sandy areas with sparse vegetation on river banks. Adults are brachypterous and mostly diurnal. References Further reading * * * * * * Nebriinae Beetles described in 1955 {{nebriinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ground Beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), 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 Carnivore, carnivorous, but some members are Herbivore, herbivorous or Omnivore, 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 arthropod leg, fore leg tibiae bearing a comb of hairs used for cleaning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 herbivorous 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 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachypterous
Brachyptery is an anatomical condition in which an animal has very reduced wings. Such animals or their wings may be described as "brachypterous". Another descriptor for very small wings is microptery. Brachypterous wings generally are not functional as organs of flight and often seem to be totally functionless and vestigial. In some species, however, flightless wings may have other functions, such as aposematic display in some Orthoptera and Phasmatodea. Brachyptery occurs commonly among insects. An insect species might evolve towards brachyptery by reducing its flight muscles and their associated energy demands, or by avoiding the hazards of flight in windy conditions on oceanic islands, in which flying insects are prone to drowning. Brachyptery also is common in ectoparasitic insects that have no use for wings, and inquiline insects with socially parasitic life strategies that do not require functional wings. '' Pterostichus melanarius'' is an example of an insect beetle speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebriinae
Nebriinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 12 genera and more than 840 described species in Nebriinae. Genera These 12 genera belong to the subfamily Nebriinae: * '' Archaeocindis'' Kavanaugh & Erwin, 1991 * '' Cicindis'' Bruch, 1908 * '' Leistus'' Frölich, 1799 * ''Nebria ''Nebria'' is a genus of ground beetles native to the Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. There are more than 500 described species in ''Nebria''. See also * List of Nebria species These 510 species belong to '' Nebria'', a genus of gr ...'' Latreille, 1802 * '' Nippononebria'' Ueno, 1955 * '' Notiokasis'' Kavanaugh & Nègre, 1983 * '' Notiophilus'' Duméril, 1805 * '' Opisthius'' Kirby, 1837 * '' Paropisthius'' Casey, 1920 * '' Pelophila'' Dejean, 1821 * † '' Archaeonebria'' Kavanaugh & J.Schmidt, 2019 * † '' Ledouxnebria'' Deuve, 1998 References Carabidae subfamilies {{Nebriinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
