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Pseudotaphoxenus Dignus
''Pseudotaphoxenus'' is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 110 described species in ''Pseudotaphoxenus'', found in temperate Asia. ''Pseudotaphoxenus'' species These 113 species are members of the genus ''Pseudotaphoxenus'': * ''Pseudotaphoxenus abnormalis, P. abnormalis'' (Kyrgyzstan) * ''Pseudotaphoxenus achillei, P. achillei'' (China) * ''Pseudotaphoxenus acutithorax, P. acutithorax'' (Kazakhstan) * ''Pseudotaphoxenus afghanus, P. afghanus'' (Afghanistan) * ''Pseudotaphoxenus angusticollis, P. angusticollis'' (Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine) * ''Pseudotaphoxenus aralensis, P. aralensis'' (Kazakhstan) * ''Pseudotaphoxenus balkhanicus, P. balkhanicus'' (Turkmenistan) * ''Pseudotaphoxenus basilewskyi, P. basilewskyi'' (Afghanistan and Turkmenistan) * ''Pseudotaphoxenus benesi, P. benesi'' (China) * ''Pseudotaphoxenus blumenthali, P. blumenthali'' (Afghanistan) * ''Pseudotaphoxenus brevipennis, P. brevipennis'' (China) * ' ... [...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] |
