Abacetus Picipes

	Abacetus Picipes ''Abacetus picipes'' is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Victor Motschulsky in 1866. References picipes Beetles described in 1866 {{Abacetus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Victor Motschulsky Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky (sometimes Victor von Motschulsky, russian: link=no, Виктор Иванович Мочульский, 11 April 1810, in St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, in Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in beetles. Motschulsky was an Imperial Army colonel who undertook extended trips abroad. He studied and described many new beetles from Siberia, Alaska, the United States, Europe, and Asia. While he tended to ignore previous work and his own work on classification was of poor quality, Motschulsky made a massive contribution to entomology, exploring hitherto unworked regions, often in very difficult terrain. He described many new genera and species, a high proportion of which remain valid. Travels Motschulsky's travels included: 1836 - France, Switzerland and the Alps, northern Italy and Austria 1839–1840 - Russian Caucasus, Astrakhan, Kazan and Siberia 1847 - Khirgizia 1850–1851 - Germany, Austria, Egypt, India, France, England, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ground Beetle Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families. They belong to the Adephaga. Members of the family are primarily carnivorous, but some members are phytophagous or omnivorous. Description and ecology Although their body shapes and coloring vary somewhat, most are shiny black or metallic and have ridged wing covers (elytra). The elytra are fused in some species, particularly the large Carabinae, rendering the beetles unable to fly. The species ''Mormolyce phyllodes'' is known as violin beetle due to their peculiarly shaped elytra. All carabids except the quite primitive flanged bombardier beetles (Paussinae) have a groove on their arthropod leg, fore leg tibiae bearing a comb of hairs used for cleaning their antenna (biology), antennae. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pterostichinae Pterostichinae is a subfamily of ground beetles (family Carabidae). It belongs to the advanced harpaline assemblage, and if these are circumscribed ''sensu lato'' as a single subfamily, Pterostichinae are downranked to a tribe Pterostichini. However, as the former Pterostichitae supertribe of the Harpalinae as loosely circumscribed does seem to constitute a lineage rather distinct from '' Harpalus'', its core group is here considered to be the present subfamily and the Harpalinae are defined more narrowly. They are usually mid-sized and rather stout ground beetles. Coloration is typically dark and without conspicuous patterns, but often with a strong sheen like polished metal. They are widely distributed and inhabit a wide range of terrestrial habitats. Unlike the more basal ground beetles which only eat small animals, the Pterostichinae include a large proportion of omnivorous or even herbivorous taxa. Systematics This group includes the following tribes and genera: Tribe A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Abacetus ''Abacetus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, distributed across Africa, Asia and Australia, with a single European species. It contains the following species: * '' Abacetus abacillus'' Kolbe, 1898 * '' Abacetus aberrans'' Straneo, 1943 * '' Abacetus abor'' Andrewes, 1942 * '' Abacetus acutangulus'' Tschitscherine, 1903 * '' Abacetus aeneolus'' Chaudoir, 1869 * '' Abacetus aeneocordatus'' Straneo, 1940 * '' Abacetus aeneovirescens'' Straneo, 1939 * '' Abacetus aenescens'' Peringuey, 1896 * '' Abacetus aeneus'' Dejean, 1828 * '' Abacetus aenigma'' Chaudoir, 1869 * '' Abacetus aeratus'' Tschitscherine, 1900 * '' Abacetus afer'' Tschitscherine, 1899 * '' Abacetus alacer'' Peringuey, 1896 * '' Abacetus alaticollis'' Straneo, 1957 * '' Abacetus alesi'' Jedlicka, 1936 * '' Abacetus alluaudi'' Tschitscherine, 1899 * '' Abacetus amaroides'' Laferte-Senectere, 1853 * '' Abacetus ambiguus'' Straneo, 1969 * '' Abacetus amplicollis'' Bates, 1890 * '' Abacetus amplith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]