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Abdera (beetle)
''Abdera'' is a genus of false darkling beetles, in the family Melandryidae Melandryidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. Members of the family are found worldwide, with around 420 species in 60 genera. Larvae and adults are generally associated with rotting wood and wood-decomposing fungi. Ge .... It contains three species, two of which are extinct and were discovered in 2014. Species References Tenebrionoidea genera Melandryidae Taxa described in 1832 {{Tenebrionoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdera Flexuosa
''Abdera flexuosa'' is a species of false darkling beetle (Melandryidae). (Paykull, 1799) It associates with plants: * ''Alnus glutinosa'' — Black Alder * ''Salix'' — Willow See also * List of beetle species recorded in Britain – superfamily Tenebrionoidea References Melandryidae Beetles described in 1799 Taxa named by Gustaf von Paykull {{Tenebrionoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melandryidae
Melandryidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. Members of the family are found worldwide, with around 420 species in 60 genera. Larvae and adults are generally associated with rotting wood and wood-decomposing fungi. Genera These 44 genera belong to the family Melandryidae: * '' Abdera'' Stephens, 1832 * '' Abderina'' Seidlitz, 1898 * '' Amblyctis'' Leconte, 1879 * ''Anisoxya'' Mulsant, 1856 * '' Archaeoxylita'' Nikitskij, 1977 * '' Archaeserropalpus'' Nikitsky, 2002 * '' Argyrabdera'' Sahlberg, 1913 * '' Cicindelopsis'' Cockerell, 1920 * ''Conopalpus'' Gyllenhal, 1810 * '' Cuphosis'' Champion, 1889 * '' Dicraeomorpha'' * '' Dircaea'' Fabricius, 1798 * '' Dircaeomorpha'' Fairmaire, 1896 * '' Dolotarsus'' Jacquelin du Val, 1863 * '' Electroabdera'' Alekseev, 2014 * '' Emmesa'' Newman, 1838 * '' Enchodes'' Leconte, 1866 * '' Eucinetomorphus'' Perris, 1875 * '' Hypulus'' Paykull, 1798 * '' Lederia'' Reitter, 1880 * '' Marolia'' Mulsant, 1856 * '' Mecorchesia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenebrionoidea Genera
The Tenebrionoidea are a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles. It generally corresponds to the Heteromera of earlier authors. Taxonomy Tenebrionoidea contains the following families: * Aderidae Winkler 1927 (ant-like leaf beetles) * Anthicidae Latreille 1819 (ant-like flower beetles) *† Apotomouridae Bao et al. 2018 * Archeocrypticidae Kaszab 1964 * Boridae C. G. Thomson 1859 * Chalcodryidae Watt 1974 * Ciidae Leach 1819 (minute tree-fungus beetles) (= Cisidae) * Melandryidae Leach 1815 (false darkling beetles) * Meloidae Gyllenhal 1810 (blister beetles) * Mordellidae Latreille 1802 ( tumbling flower beetles) * Mycetophagidae Leach 1815 ( hairy fungus beetles) * Mycteridae Blanchard 1845 * Oedemeridae Latreille 1810 ( false blister beetles) * Promecheilidae Lacordaire, 1859 * Prostomidae C. G. Thomson 1859 * Pterogeniidae Crowson 1953 * Pyrochroidae Latreille 1807 ( fire-colored beetles, etc.) * Pythidae Solier 1834 * Ripiphoridae Gemminger and Harold 1870 ( wedg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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