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Paratriarius Pulcher
''Paratriarius'' is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Paratriarius''. They are found in North America and the Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeog .... Species There are 52 species recognised in the genus ''Paratriarius'' including: * '' Paratriarius azureipennis'' Gahan, 1891 * '' Paratriarius bipartitus'' (Baly, 1889) * '' Paratriarius coccineus'' (Baly, 1865) * '' Paratriarius cognatus'' (Baly, 1889) * '' Paratriarius coryphaea'' (Baly, 1886) * '' Paratriarius curtisii'' (Baly, 1886) * '' Paratriarius denotatus'' (Gahan, 1891) * '' Paratriarius difformis'' (Jacoby, 1887) * '' Paratriarius dorsatus'' (Say, 1824) * '' Paratriarius flavifrons'' (Jacoby, 1886) * '' Paratriarius flavo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Frederic August Schaeffer
Charles Frederic August Schaeffer (12 June 1860 – 29 August 1934) was an American entomologist who specialized in beetles, particularly chrysomelids and weevils. He described 109 species in 91 genera and some species like ''Taphrocerus schaefferi'' Nicolay & Weiss were described from his collections and named after him. Schaeffer was born in London to Karl August Wilhelm Ferdinand Schäffer, a native of Prussia, and Charlotte Ernestine Dorette Koch of Hannover.''1861 England Census'' When the family returned to Germany, he was educated there and became interested in insects at a very young age. He immigrated to the United States in 1886 and became a U.S. citizen in 1898. He was one of the founding members of the Brooklyn Entomological Society in 1892. He was an active member of the group and in 1898, he became an assistant to William Beutenmuller of the American Museum of Natural History, becoming a curator in 1902 at the Brooklyn Museum Institute of Arts and Sciences. He made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
