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Polyphylla Woodruffi
''Polyphylla woodruffi'', commonly known as Woodruff's polyphyllan scarab beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae endemic to the U.S. state of Florida. It is found in the Florida panhandle in coastal dune habitat in Gulf and Walton counties. Taxonomy ''Polyphylla woodruffi'' is part of the ''pubescens'' species complex which includes '' P. pubescens'', '' P. donaldsoni'', and '' P. starkae'' all endemic to sand dunes in the Southeastern United States. Description Similar to other species in the ''pubescens'' species complex but differing slightly. The mesotibia has a small, bump-like tooth halfway along the outer edge, with bristles closer to the base. The metatibia is thick and spreads outward most of its length, and is clearly wider at the tip than the width of the third abdominal segment. The inner edge of this tibia is straight, not curved at the end. The hind leg is lighter in color than the pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly treated as subfamilies have been elevated to family rank (e.g., Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaresidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae, and Pleocomidae), and some reduced to lower ranks. The subfamilies listed in this article are in accordance with those in Catalog of Life (2023). Description Scarabs are stout-bodied beetles; most are brown or black in colour, but many, generally species that are diurnally active, have bright metallic colours, measuring between . The antenna (biology), antennae of most species superficially seem to be knobbed (capitate), but the several segments comprising the head of the antenna are, as a rule, lamellate: they extend laterally into plates called lamella (zoology), lamellae that they usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyphylla Starkae
''Polyphylla starkae'', commonly known as the Auburndale scrub scarab beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae endemic to the U.S. state of Florida. Taxonomy ''Polyphylla starkae'' is part of the ''pubescens'' species complex which includes '' P. pubescens'', '' P. donaldsoni'', and '' P. woodruffi'' all endemic to sand dunes in the Southeastern United States. ''P. starkae'' is the largest member in the complex, and shows significant sexual dimorphism between the males and females. Females have a reddish-brown elytra and body, with the elytra connected at its base making them flightless. Males have a typically dark elytra patchily covered with light brown coloured setae, and are also capable of flight. It's binomial name is an honorific for Donna Stark, who collected the beetle. It's common name comes from the city of Auburndale, Florida which is located near to its range. Distribution The Auburndale scrub scarab is endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge in Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyphylla
''Polyphylla'' is a genus of Scarabaeidae, scarab beetle includes more than 80 species distributed in North and Central America, southern and central Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia—from Asia Minor to Japan. They typically reside in forests and orchards with most being identified by white elytra scales forming stripes. The adult beetles are often attracted to lights. Polyphylla lay their eggs on soil near plants from where the larvae hatch and burrow down to the roots on which they will feed. They reach maturity in two to three years. Species These 85 species belong to the genus ''Polyphylla'': * ''Polyphylla adspersa'' Motschulsky, 1854 * ''Polyphylla aeola'' La Rue, 1998 * ''Polyphylla aeolus'' La Rue, 1998 * ''Polyphylla alba'' (Pallas, 1773) * ''Polyphylla albertischulzi'' Kuntzen, 1933 * ''Polyphylla albolineata'' (Motschulsky, 1861) * ''Polyphylla anivallis'' La Rue, 2016 * ''Polyphylla annamensis'' (Fleutiaux, 1887) * ''Polyphylla anteronivea'' Hardy, 1978 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scutellum (insect Anatomy)
The scutellum is the posterior portion of either the mesonotum or the metanotum of an insect Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ... thorax; however, it is used almost exclusively in the former context, as the metanotum is rather reduced in most insect groups. In the Hemiptera, and some Coleoptera, the scutellum is a small triangular plate behind the pronotum and between the forewing bases. In Diptera and Hymenoptera, the scutellum is nearly always distinct, but much smaller than (and immediately posterior to) the mesoscutum. File:Heteroptera morphology-d.svg, 26 = Heteroptera scutellum File:Housefly anatomy-key.svg, 6 = Diptera scutellum File:Coléoptère schématique.jpg, 9 = Coleoptera scutellum File:Scheme ant worker anatomy-numbered.svg, 10 = Formicidae sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramere
Parameres ('side parts') are part of the external reproductive organs of male insects and the term was first used by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff, Verhoeff in 1893 for the lateral genital lobes in Coleoptera. The primary phallic lobes which appear in the nymph or larval stages may become a pair of penes in the Ephemeroptera or a simple median penis in the Thysanura. In higher insect orders from Orthoptera to Hymenoptera, each of the primary lobes is divided into two secondary lobes or phallomeres, termed parameres and mesomeres (NB: this use of the term "mesomere" is not to be confused with the Somite, same term in Segmentation (biology), segmentation embryology.) In adult insects parameres may elongate and become genital claspers. These claspers may themselves occur in two segments, forming a Anatomical terms of location#Proximal and distal, proximal basimere and a Anatomical terms of location#Proximal and distal, distal telomere (insect morphology), telomere or harpago ('grappling hook' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pronotum
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on each side. The prothorax never bears wings in extant insects (except in some cases of atavism), though some fossil groups possessed wing-like projections. All adult insects possess legs on the prothorax, though in a few groups (e.g., the butterfly family Nymphalidae) the forelegs are greatly reduced. In many groups of insects, the pronotum is reduced in size, but in a few it is hypertrophied, such as in all beetles (Coleoptera). In most treehoppers (family Membracidae, order Hemiptera), the pronotum is expanded into often fantastic shapes that enhance their camouflage or mimicry. Similarly, in the Tetrigidae, the pronotum is extended backward to cover the flight wings, supplanting the function of the tegmina. See also * Glossary of entom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the most populous city in North Central Florida, with a population of 145,212 in 2022. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gainesville metropolitan area with a population of 350,903 in 2022. Gainesville is home to the University of Florida, the List of largest United States university campuses by enrollment, third-largest public university campus by enrollment in the United States as of the 2023–2024 academic year. The university is represented by the Florida Gators sports teams in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA competitions. History There is archeological evidence, from about 12,000 years ago, of the presence of Paleo-Indians in the Gainesville area, although it is not known if there were any permanent settlements. A Deptford culture campsite existed in Gainesville and was estimated to have been used between 500 BCE and 100 CE. The Deptford peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southeastern United States
The Southeastern United States, also known as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast, is a geographical List of regions in the United States, region of the United States located in the eastern portion of the Southern United States and the southern portion of the East Coast of the United States, Eastern United States. The region includes a core of states that reaches north to Maryland and West Virginia, bordering the Ohio River and Mason–Dixon line, and stretches west to Arkansas and Louisiana. There is no official Federal government of the United States, U.S. government definition for the region, and it is defined variably among agencies and organizations. History The history of the present-day Southeastern United States dates to the dawn of civilization in approximately 11,000 BC or 13,000 BC. The earliest artifacts from the region were from the Clovis culture. Prior to the arrival of Colonial history of the United States, European colonialists, Native Americans in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dune
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, flat regions covered with wind-swept sand or dunes, with little or no vegetation, are called ''Erg (landform), ergs'' or ''sand seas''. Dunes occur in different shapes and sizes, but most kinds of dunes are longer on the wiktionary:stoss, stoss (upflow) side, where the sand is pushed up the dune, and have a shorter ''slip face'' in the lee side. The valley or trough between dunes is called a ''dune slack''. Dunes are most common in desert environments, where the lack of moisture hinders the growth of vegetation that would otherwise interfere with the development of dunes. However, sand deposits are not restricted to deserts, and dunes are also found along sea shores, along streams in semiarid climates, in areas of Outwash plain, glacial outwash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyphylla Donaldsoni
''Polyphylla donaldsoni'', or Donaldson's lined June beetle, is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre .... It is found in North America. References Further reading * * Polyphylla Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 2005 {{Melolonthinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or, in scientific literature, as an ''endemite''. Similarly, many species found in the Western ghats of India are examples of endemism. Endemism is an important concept in conservation biology for measuring biodiversity in a particular place and evaluating the risk of extinction for species. Endemism is also of interest in evolutionary biology, because it provides clues about how changes in the environment cause species to undergo range shifts (potentially expanding their range into a larger area or b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyphylla Pubescens
''Polyphylla'' is a genus of scarab beetle includes more than 80 species distributed in North and Central America, southern and central Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia—from Asia Minor to Japan. They typically reside in forests and orchards with most being identified by white elytra scales forming stripes. The adult beetles are often attracted to lights. Polyphylla lay their eggs on soil near plants from where the larvae hatch and burrow down to the roots on which they will feed. They reach maturity in two to three years. Species These 85 species belong to the genus ''Polyphylla'': * ''Polyphylla adspersa'' Motschulsky, 1854 * ''Polyphylla aeola'' La Rue, 1998 * ''Polyphylla aeolus'' La Rue, 1998 * ''Polyphylla alba'' (Pallas, 1773) * ''Polyphylla albertischulzi'' Kuntzen, 1933 * ''Polyphylla albolineata'' (Motschulsky, 1861) * ''Polyphylla anivallis'' La Rue, 2016 * ''Polyphylla annamensis'' (Fleutiaux, 1887) * '' Polyphylla anteronivea'' Hardy, 1978 (saline valle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
