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Tetracha Davidsoni
''Tetracha davidsoni'' is a species of tiger beetle that was described by Naviaux in 2007, and is endemic to Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ....Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. References davidsoni Beetles described in 2007 Endemic insects of Brazil Beetles of South America {{Cicindelidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Naviaux
Roger Naviaux (1926 – 26 March 2016) was a French engineer and amateur entomologist best known for his work on beetles. He produced several monographs on the tiger beetle genera ''Collyris'', ''Tricondyla'', ''Derocrania'' and ''Ctenostoma''. Naviaux was born in Soissons, Aisne, to Lucile née Zappa and Dieudonné Naviaux. His father had served in the infantry and worked in Indochina. Roger grew up in Nice and Levens where he became interested in insects. He went to the Voirn high school, Isère where he lived as a boarder during World War II. He received a mechanical engineering degree from École Violet. He then worked in IBM as a technician but left and worked in ONERA in aeronatical research and was involved in the development of electron microscopes. In the 1960s he moved to Montluçon, Allier to work with the Dunlop tyre company. Here he set up a home and began to establish his beetle collections. He collaborated with the pharmacist and amateur entomologist Michel Rapilly, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Beetle
Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, '' Rivacindela hudsoni'', can run at a speed of , or about 125 body lengths per second. As of 2005, about 2,600 species and subspecies were known, with the richest diversity in the Oriental (Indo-Malayan) region, followed by the Neotropics. While historically treated as a subfamily of ground beetles (Carabidae) under the name Cicindelinae, several studies since 2020 indicated that they should be treated as a family, the Cicindelidae, which are a sister group to Carabidae within the Adephaga. Description Tiger beetles often have large bulging eyes, long, slender legs and large curved mandibles. All are predatory, both as adults and as larvae. The genus '' Cicindela'' has a cosmopolitan distribution. Other well-known genera include '' Tetracha'', '' Omus'', '' Amblycheila'' and '' Manticora''. While members of the genus ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetracha
''Tetracha'' is a genus of metallic tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, formerly treated as a subgenus within the genus ''Megacephala''. ''Tetracha'' species are exclusively New World in distribution, while ''Megacephala'' are exclusively Old World in distribution.Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. There are ~100 described species in ''Tetracha''. Species * ''Tetracha acutipennis'' (Dejean, 1825) * ''Tetracha affinis'' (Dejean, 1825) * ''Tetracha angustata'' (Chevrolat, 1841) * ''Tetracha angusticollis'' W.Horn, 1896 * ''Tetracha annuligera'' Lucas, 1857 * ''Tetracha aptera'' Chaudoir, 1862 * ''Tetracha biimpressicollis'' (Mandl, 1960) * ''Tetracha bilunata'' (Klug, 1834) * ''Tetracha bolivari'' Naviaux, 2007 * ''Tetracha brasiliensis'' (Kirby, 1819) * ''Tetracha brevis'' Naviaux, 2007 * ''Tetracha brevisulcata'' (W.Horn, 1907) * ''Tetracha brzoskai'' Naviaux, 2007 * ''Tetracha buchardi'' Naviaux, 2007 * ''Tetracha camposi'' W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetles Described In 2007
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. 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 arthropods and 25% of all known animal species; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. However, the number of beetle species is challenged by the number of species in Fly, dipterans (flies) and hymenopterans (wasps). 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Insects Of Brazil
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or, in scientific literature, as an ''endemite''. Similarly, many species found in the Western ghats of India are examples of endemism. Endemism is an important concept in conservation biology for measuring biodiversity in a particular place and evaluating the risk of extinction for species. Endemism is also of interest in evolutionary biology, because it provides clues about how changes in the environment cause species to undergo range shifts (potentially expanding their range into a larger area or becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
