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Pachnoda Sinuata
''Pachnoda sinuata'', the garden fruit chafer or checkers tor or brown-and-yellow fruit chafer, is a species of beetle found in Namibia and South Africa. Subspecies * ''Pachnoda sinuata calceata'' Harold, 1878 * ''Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris'' (Gory & Percheron, 1833) * ''Pachnoda sinuata machadoi'' Rigout, 1989 * ''Pachnoda sinuata nicolae'' Rigout, 1986 * ''Pachnoda sinuata sinuata'' (Fabricius, 1775) Identification The species is part of the large family Scarabaeidae, which also include the scarabs and dung beetles. This species is large with a smooth carapace. Colouration is variable but basically yellow with dark brown central area broken by yellow spots and a transverse yellow line across the rear of the elytra. Diet Adult beetles feed on flowers and fruit, often destroying them in the process which makes them unpopular with gardeners. While commonly found on exotic plants like roses and camellias, these beetles also feed on a range of indigenous plants including ''Acac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ménagerie Du Jardin Des Plantes
The ''ménagerie du Jardin des plantes'' is a zoo in Paris, France, belonging to the botanical garden '' Jardin des Plantes''. Founded in 1794, largely with animals brought from the royal zoo of the Palace of Versailles, abandoned because of the French Revolution, it is the second oldest zoological garden in the world (after Tiergarten Schönbrunn). Today it does not have very large animals like elephants, but a lot of rare smaller and medium-sized mammals and a variety of birds and reptiles. The location The zoo is located close to the left bank of the Seine in the 5th arrondissement, near the centre of Paris. It takes up about one third of the Jardin des Plantes. From herb garden to menagerie The botanical garden In the beginning the term ''Jardin des Plantes'' referred only to a botanical garden of , created and built by the royal physicians Jean Herouard and Guy de La Brosse. It therefore became known as ''the royal herb garden''. Created in 1626 and opened for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus name is New Latin, borrowed from the Greek (), a term used by Dioscorides for a preparation extracted from the leaves and fruit pods of '' Vachellia nilotica'', the original type of the genus. In his ''Pinax'' (1623), Gaspard Bauhin mentioned the Greek from Dioscorides as the origin of the Latin name. In the early 2000s it had become evident that the genus as it stood was not monophyletic and that several divergent lineages needed to be placed in separate genera. It turned out that one lineage comprising over 900 species mainly native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia was not closely related to the much smaller group of African lineage that contained ''A. nilotica''—the type species. This meant that the Australasian lineag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetles Of Africa
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 har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cetoniinae
Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles, comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and flower chafers, flower beetles and flower scarabs. There are around 4,000 species, many of them still undescribed. Twelve tribes are presently recognized: Cetoniini, Cremastocheilini, Diplognathini, Goliathini, Gymnetini, Phaedimini, Schizorhinini, Stenotarsiini, Taenioderini, Trichiini, Valgini, and Xiphoscelidini. The tribe Gymnetini is the biggest of the American tribes, and Goliathini contains the largest species, and is mainly found in the rainforest regions of Africa. Description Adult flower chafers are usually brightly coloured beetles, often metallic, and somewhat flattened in shape. The insertions of the antennae are visible from above, while the mandibles and labrum are hidden by the clypeus. The elytra lac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beetles Of The World
''The Beetles of the World'' is a series of books devoted to Coleopterology. Sciences Nat published the 24 first volumes; the following volumes and the supplements were published by Hillside Books, Canterbury. The first book authored by Jacques Rigout was published in French ''Les Coléoptères du Monde'' in 1981 by Sciences Nat, and the book is a revision the genus '' Batocera''. The author printed the book himself, page by page. The 500 copy volume was professionally bound but was soon out of print. A second edition was printed by a professional in 1986. New authors came quickly to publish in the series. There were French specialists such as Gilbert Lachaume (Goliathini), Jean-Pierre Lacroix (Lucanidae), Patrick Bleuzen (Cerambycidae), Thierry Porion (Curculionidae), Roger-Paul Dechambre (Dynastidae), Marc Soula ( Rutelinae) or Patrick Arnaud (Scarabaeidae), but also authorities from Belgium: Vincent Allard Vincent Allard (18 December 1921 – 22 January 1994) was a Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygidium
The pygidium (plural pygidia) is the posterior body part or shield of crustaceans and some other arthropods, such as insects and the extinct trilobites. In groups other than insects, it contains the anus and, in females, the ovipositor. It is composed of fused body segments, sometimes with a tail, and separated from thoracic segments by an articulation.Shultz, J.W. (1990). Evolutionary Morphology And Phylogeny of Arachnida. Cladistics 6: 1–38. Chelicerates In arachnids, the pygidium is formed by reduction of the last three opisthosomal segments to rings where there is no distinction between tergites and sternites. A pygidium is present in Palpigradi, Amblypygi, Thelyphonida, Schizomida, Ricinulei and in the extinct order Trigonotarbida. It is also present in early fossil representatives of horseshoe crabs. Trilobites In trilobites, the pygidium can range from extremely small (much smaller than the head, or cephalon) to larger than the cephalon. They can be smooth, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bostrychia Hagedash
The hadeda ibis (''Bostrychia hagedash'') is an ibis native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named for its loud three to four note calls uttered in flight especially in the mornings and evenings when they fly out or return to their roost trees. Although not as dependent on water as some ibises, they are found near wetlands and often live in close proximity to humans, foraging in cultivated land and gardens. A medium-sized ibis with stout legs and a typical down-curved bill, the wing coverts are iridescent with a green or purple sheen. They are non-migratory but are known to make nomadic movements in response to rain particularly during droughts. Their ranges in southern Africa have increased with an increase in tree cover and irrigation in human-altered habitats. Taxonomy and systematics ''Tantalus hagedash'' was the scientific name proposed by John Latham in 1790 who described it from a specimen that had been collected at "Houteniquas", due north of Mossel Bay, by Anders Sparrma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onychognathus Morio
The red-winged starling (''Onychognathus morio'') is a bird of the starling family Sturnidae native to eastern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape in South Africa. An omnivorous, generalist species, it prefers cliffs and mountainous areas for nesting, and has moved into cities and towns due to similarity to its original habitat. Taxonomy In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the red-winged starling in his ''Ornithologie'' based on a specimen collected from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. He used the French name ''Le merle du Cap de Bonne Espérance'' and the Latin ''Merula Capitis Bonae Spei''. The two stars (**) at the start of the section indicates that Brisson based his description on the examination of a specimen. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachnoda Sinuata Sinuata
''Pachnoda'' is a genus of beetles from the subfamily Cetoniinae with nearly all of the species living in Africa. The limit of the genus is given by the presence of internal lobes in their aedeagi. Species List of species: * ''Pachnoda abyssinica'' (Blanchard, 1842) * ''Pachnoda acutipennis'' (Kolbe, 1914) * ''Pachnoda adelpha'' Kolbe, 1914 * ''Pachnoda albini'' Bourgoin, 1921 * ''Pachnoda allardi'' Ruter, 1969 * ''Pachnoda alluaudi'' Bourgoin, 1913 * ''Pachnoda antoinei'' Beinhundner, 2006 * ''Pachnoda ardoini'' Ruter, 1978 * ''Pachnoda arrowi'' Bourgoin, 1913 * ''Pachnoda babaulti'' Bourgoin, 1921 * ''Pachnoda basilewskyi'' Ruter, 1953 * ''Pachnoda bax'' (Gory & Percheron, 1833) * ''Pachnoda berliozi'' Rigout, 1980 * ''Pachnoda bourgeoni'' Moser, 1924 * ''Pachnoda bourgoini'' Burgeon, 1931 * ''Pachnoda bousqueti'' Rigout, 1989 * ''Pachnoda bukobensis'' Moser, 1914 * ''Pachnoda cervenkai'' Krajcik, 2002 * ''Pachnoda chionopleura'' Fairmaire, 1884 * ''Pachnoda chireyi'' Legrand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoology, zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect Biological classification, classification. Biography Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium (school), gymnasium at Altona, Hamburg, Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala University, Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachnoda Sinuata Nicolae
''Pachnoda'' is a genus of beetles from the subfamily Cetoniinae with nearly all of the species living in Africa. The limit of the genus is given by the presence of internal lobes in their aedeagi. Species List of species: * ''Pachnoda abyssinica'' (Blanchard, 1842) * ''Pachnoda acutipennis'' (Kolbe, 1914) * ''Pachnoda adelpha'' Kolbe, 1914 * ''Pachnoda albini'' Bourgoin, 1921 * ''Pachnoda allardi'' Ruter, 1969 * ''Pachnoda alluaudi'' Bourgoin, 1913 * ''Pachnoda antoinei'' Beinhundner, 2006 * ''Pachnoda ardoini'' Ruter, 1978 * ''Pachnoda arrowi'' Bourgoin, 1913 * ''Pachnoda babaulti'' Bourgoin, 1921 * ''Pachnoda basilewskyi'' Ruter, 1953 * ''Pachnoda bax'' (Gory & Percheron, 1833) * ''Pachnoda berliozi'' Rigout, 1980 * ''Pachnoda bourgeoni'' Moser, 1924 * ''Pachnoda bourgoini'' Burgeon, 1931 * ''Pachnoda bousqueti'' Rigout, 1989 * ''Pachnoda bukobensis'' Moser, 1914 * ''Pachnoda cervenkai'' Krajcik, 2002 * ''Pachnoda chionopleura'' Fairmaire, 1884 * ''Pachnoda chireyi'' Legrand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
