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Ptiliinae
Ptiliinae is the largest subfamily of feather-winged beetles ( family Ptilidae). About 80% of the described genera of these very tiny beetles are contained herein; however, many more genera and species await description. Like all members of their family, they are usually found in rotting organic material in a wide range of habitats. The clutch A clutch is a mechanical device that engages and disengages power transmission, especially from a drive shaft to a driven shaft. In the simplest application, clutches connect and disconnect two rotating shafts (drive shafts or line shafts). ... generally contains only a single egg, which is very large in comparison to the adult female, sometimes half as long as the beetle itself. Selected genera Ptiliidae Beetle subfamilies {{Ptiliidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feather-winged Beetle
Ptiliidae is a family of very tiny beetles with a cosmopolitan distribution. This family contains the smallest of all beetles, with a length when fully grown of . The weight is approximately 0.4 milligrams. They are colloquially called featherwing beetles, because the hindwings are narrow and feathery. Ptillid wings are feathery due to the much higher effective viscosity of air at small body sizes, which makes normal insect wings much less efficient. Unlike other small insects with feathery wings, such as parasitic wasps like fairyflies, ptillids do not fly using a clap and fling motion, but instead fly using a figure of eight pattern where the wings clap at the apex of the upward and downward strokes. They are capable of flying at speeds comparable to their larger relatives. The small size has forced many species to sacrifice some of their anatomy, like the heart, crop, and gizzard. While the exoskeleton and respiration system of the insects seems to be the major limiting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bambara (beetle)
Bambara or Bambarra may refer to: * Bambara people, an ethnic group, primarily in Mali ** Bambara language Bambara (Arabic script: ), also known as Bamana (N'Ko script: ) or Bamanankan (), is a lingua franca and national language of Mali spoken by perhaps 15 million people, natively by 5 million Bambara people and about 10 million second-language us ..., their language, a Manding language ** Bamana Empire, a state that flourished in present-day Mali (1640s–1861) * ''Bambara'' (beetle), a genus of feather-winged beetles * Bambara groundnut, a traditional food crop in Africa (''Vigna subterranea'') * Bambarra, a settlement on Middle Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands * Bambara (band), a New York post-punk band Persons with the surname * Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995), American author, social activist, and college professor See also * Mbabaram (other), an Australian people and language {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptenidium Pusillum
''Ptenidium'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Ptiliidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: * ''Ptenidium aprinum'' Peyerimhoff, 1917 * ''Ptenidium azafady ''Ptenidium'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Ptiliidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: * ''Ptenidium aprinum ''Ptenidium'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Ptiliidae. The genus has cosmopolitan ...'' Darby, 2014 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q1452305 Ptiliidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
