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Ptilinus Thoracicus
''Ptilinus'' is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. It is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, the Neotropical and North Africa. There are at least nine described species in ''Ptilinus''. Species These species belong to the genus ''Ptilinus'': * ''Ptilinus acuminatus'' Casey, 1898 * ''Ptilinus basalis'' LeConte, 1858 * ''Ptilinus cylindripennis'' * ''Ptilinus flavipennis'' Casey, 1898 * ''Ptilinus fuscus'' * ''Ptilinus lepidus'' * ''Ptilinus lobatus'' Casey, 1898 * ''Ptilinus longicornis'' * ''Ptilinus pectinicornis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Ptilinus pruinosus'' Casey, 1898 * ''Ptilinus ramicornis'' Casey, 1898 * ''Ptilinus ruficornis'' Say, 1823 * ''Ptilinus thoracicus'' (Randall, 1838) References Further reading * * * * External links''Ptilinus'' at Fauna Europaea * * Bostrichoidea Ptinidae {{bostrichoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Friedrich Müller
Otto Friedrich Müller, also known as Otto Friedrich Mueller (2 November 1730 – 26 December 1784) was a Denmark, Danish natural history, naturalist and scientific illustrator. Biography Müller was born in Copenhagen. He was educated for the church, became tutor to a young nobleman, and after several years' travel with him, settled in Copenhagen in 1767, and married a lady of wealth. His first important works, ''Fauna Insectorum Friedrichsdaliana'' (Leipzig, 1764), and ''Flora Friedrichsdaliana'' (Strasbourg, 1767), giving accounts of the insects and flora of the estate of Frederiksdal House, Frederiksdal, near Copenhagen, recommended him to Frederick V of Denmark, by whom he was employed to continue the ''Flora Danica'' a comprehensive atlas of the flora of Denmark. Müller added two volumes to the three published by Georg Christian Oeder since 1761. The study of invertebrates began to occupy his attention almost exclusively, and in 1771 he produced a work in German on “Cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
