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Asphaera Abdominalis
''Asphaera'' is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, containing some 130 species, found in North America, Central America, and the Neotropical Realm, Neotropics. Selected species * ''Asphaera abdominalis'' (Chevrolat, 1835) * ''Asphaera bitaeniata'' (Jacoby, 1880) * ''Asphaera cruciata'' (Olivier, 1808) * ''Asphaera discicollis'' Jacoby, 1905 * ''Asphaera fuscofasciata'' Jacoby, 1905 * ''Asphaera lustrans'' (Crotch, 1873) (shiny flea beetle) * ''Asphaera magistralis'' * ''Asphaera meticulosa'' * ''Asphaera nobilatata'' (Fabricius, 1887) * ''Asphaera paralleloptera'' (Bezzi, 1913)https://www.gbif.org/species/163093701 * ''Asphaera quadrifasciata'' * ''Asphaera reflexicollis'' Bechyne * ''Asphaera separata'' (Harold, 1881) * ''Asphaera umbraticus'' (Olivier, 1808) * ''Asphaera vernalis'' Jacoby, 1905 * ''Asphaera weyrauchi'' Bechyne asphaera paralleloptera Asphaera_paralleloptera.jpg References External links * Alticini Chrysomelidae genera Artic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774 – 10 January 1846) was a French soldier and entomologist. Life and career Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel was born in 1774 in Valenciennes, Nord, and died on 10 January 1846 in Paris. After studies in Douai, he joined the French Army when he was sixteen years old and took part in the campaigns of 1795 and 1796. Retiring from the army, he worked afterwards as a government administrator stationed in Paris. He was forced to retire again in 1816, aged 42 years, because of his opinions in favour of Napoleon Bonaparte. He then devoted himself to the study of insects. After twelve years of effort, Duponchel finished in 1838 ''L’Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères de France'', co-authored with Jean Baptiste Godart. This work consists of seventeen volumes (including twelve signed by Duponchel), 7600 coloured plates and 500 "boards" (which appear under the title ''Iconographie des Chenilles'' or ''Iconography of the Caterpillars''). The v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |