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Rhadalidae
Rhadalidae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea, formerly treated as a subfamily within the family Melyridae. The adults are predators or feed on pollen, while the larvae are probably carnivorous. Distribution Worldwide, except Australasia. Genera * '' Anthriboclerus'' Schenkling, 1922 * '' Antinea'' Peyerimhoff, 1929 * ''Aplocnemus ''Aplocnemus'' is an uncommon genus of beetles native to Europe and the British isles belonging to the family Rhadalidae, and formerly in the Melyridae. Species * '' Aplocnemus abietum'' Kiesenwetter, 1859 * '' Aplocnemus acutangulus'' Schilsk ...'' Stephens, 1830 * '' Eucymbolus'' Champion, 1913 * '' Flavojulistus'' Majer, 1990 * '' Gietella'' Constantin & Menier, 1987 * '' Hemipleurus'' Peacock, 1987 * '' Indiodasytes'' Pic, 1916 * '' Jelinekius'' Majer, 1990 * '' Kubanius'' Majer, 1983 * '' Malthacodes'' Waterhouse, 1876 * '' Microcymbolus'' Pic, 1951 * '' Microjulistus'' Reitter, 1889 * '' Pelecophora'' Dejean, 1821 * '' Rh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aplocnemus Alpestris
''Aplocnemus alpestris'' is a species of soft-winged flower beetles belonging to the family Rhadalidae. Distribution This species is present in Central and Southern Europe (Andorra, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland) and in the eastern Palearctic realm (southern Siberia, northeast Kazakhstan, southern Altai, Mounts Ulbinski). Habitat These beetles especially occur in the mountainous areas of the Alps and Pyrenees, at an elevation above above sea level. Description ''Aplocnemus alpestris'' can reach a body length of about .Robert ConstantiRévision des ''Aplocnemus'' de France avec description de trois nouvelles espèces. Observations taxonomiques et faunistiques sur les espèces françaises de Dasytidae et Acanthocnemidae (Coleoptera, Cleroidea)Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France Année 2007 112(2) pp. 151-170 These soft-winged flower beetles have an elongated, cylindrical body. Pronotum and elytra have a slightly shiny black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleroidea
Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly. Description Cleroidea is defined by the following features: adult and larva with mandibular mola absent, larva with basal mandibular process (lacinia mobilis) present), and mala with a pedunculate seta present. Some cleroids, especially in Cleridae and the melyrid subfamily Malachiinae, have bright aposematic colouration to deter predators. They mimic the appearances of other arthropods that are unpalatable to predators, such as various beetles ( blister beetles, leaf beetles, net-winged beetles), stinging Hymenoptera (ants and velvet ants), zygaenid moths and tachinid flies. There is variation in the degree of sclerotisation within Cleroidea. Some are hard-bodied beetles with fully sclerotised elytra that match the shape of the abdomen (Trogossitidae, Lophocateridae, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melyridae
Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. Description Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, or red. Some melyrids ( Malachiinae) have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body and inconspicuous. Some melyrids have the two basal antennomeres greatly enlarged. Most adults and larvae are predaceous, but many are common on flowers. The most common North American species belong to the genus ''Collops'' ( Malachiinae); ''C. quadrimaculatus'' is reddish, with two bluish black spots on each elytron. Four New Guinean species of '' Choresine'' (the more abundant '' C. pulchra'', the less abundant '' C. semiopaca'' and the two infrequent '' C. rugiceps'' and '' C. sp. A'', the latter as yet unnamed) have been found to contain batrachotoxins, which may accoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aplocnemus
''Aplocnemus'' is an uncommon genus of beetles native to Europe and the British isles belonging to the family Rhadalidae, and formerly in the Melyridae. Species * '' Aplocnemus abietum'' Kiesenwetter, 1859 * '' Aplocnemus acutangulus'' Schilsky, 1897 * '' Aplocnemus akbesianus'' Pic, 1896 * ''Aplocnemus albipilis'' Kiesenwetter, 1863 * '' Aplocnemus alpestris'' Kiesenwetter, 1861 * '' Aplocnemus andalusicus'' (Rosenhauer, 1856) * ''Aplocnemus angelinii'' Liberti, 1995 * '' Aplocnemus atricornis'' Pic, 1921 * '' Aplocnemus aubei'' Kiesenwetter, 1867 * '' Aplocnemus barnevillei'' Kiesenwetter, 1867 * '' Aplocnemus basalis'' (Küster, 1849) * '' Aplocnemus brevis'' (Rosenhauer, 1856) * '' Aplocnemus brevissimus'' Pic, 1908 * ''Aplocnemus caelatus'' (Brullé, 1832) * '' Aplocnemus calidus'' Mulsant & Rey, 1868 * '' Aplocnemus castiliensis'' Schilsky, 1897 * ''Aplocnemus chalconatus'' (Germar, 1817) * '' Aplocnemus cobosi'' Pic, 1954 * '' Aplocnemus coeruleatus'' (Rosenhauer, 1856) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |