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Scytasis Sericea
''Scytasis sericea'' is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by James Clark Molesworth Gardner James Clark Molesworth Gardner (15 March 1894 – 7 March 1970) was a British entomologist who worked on the systematics of insects, particularly forest insects, while employed in the Indian Forest Service at the Forest Research Institute, Dehra D ... in 1930. Retrieved on 8 September 2014. References Saperdini Beetles described in 1930 {{Saperdini-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae (ladybirds or ladybugs) eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops. Beetles typically have a particularly har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerambycidae
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body. In various members of the family, however, the antennae are quite short (e.g., '' Neandra brunnea'') and such species can be difficult to distinguish from related beetle families such as the Chrysomelidae. The scientific name of this beetle family goes back to a figure from Greek mythology: after an argument with nymphs, the shepherd Cerambus was transformed into a large beetle with horns. Description Other than the typical long antennal length, the most consistently distinctive feature of the family is that the antennal sockets are located on low tubercles on the face; other beetles with long antennae lack these tubercles, and cerambycids with short antennae still possess them. They otherwise vary greatly in size, shap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Clark Molesworth Gardner
James Clark Molesworth Gardner (15 March 1894 – 7 March 1970) was a British entomologist who worked on the systematics of insects, particularly forest insects, while employed in the Indian Forest Service at the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun in India. Gardner was a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London from 1920. Gardner studied entomology under Harold Maxwell Lefroy. He worked as a systematic entomologist at the Forest Research Institute in Dehra Dun, recruited along with Malcolm Cameron by C.F.C. Beeson. He worked briefly in Bengal before moving to Dehra Dun in 1923 after Cameron moved back to England. He specialized on wood damaging beetle larvae (especially from families such as Anthribidae, Platypodidae, Bostrichidae, Scolytidae, Eucnemidae, Cleridae and Cerambycidae) but also worked on taxonomic aspects of beetles based on larval characters. He published a series of articles on the "Immature stages of Indian Coleoptera" and also worked on Lepidopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saperdini
Saperdini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. Retrieved on 28 Sep 2014. Taxonomy * '' Bifidunguiglenea'' Lin & Tavakilian, 2012 * '' Cagosima'' Thomson, 1864 * '''' Thomson, 1879 * '' Chlorisanis'' Pascoe, 1867 * '' Clavoserixia'' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
