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Athous Emaciatus
''Athous emaciatus'' is a species of click beetle in the genus ''Athous''. Distribution This species is present in Europe (France, northern Italy, and Switzerland). Habitat The adults can be found on trees and shrubs in cool woodland areas. The larva is most likely host to stumps of ''Pinus uncinata ''Pinus mugo'', known as bog pine, creeping pine, dwarf mountain pine, mugo pine, mountain pine, scrub mountain pine, or Swiss mountain pine, is a species of conifer, native to high elevation habitats from southwestern to Central Europe and Sou ...''. Description ''Athous emaciatus'' can reach a body length of about . Colour of the body is always pale, straw yellow tinged with ferruginous. Often the disc of the pronotum is darkened. References External links BiolibElateridae {{Taxonbar, from=Q2675014 Beetles described in 1860 Dendrometrinae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Click Beetle
Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in 1815. They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few other families of Elateroidea in which a few members have the same mechanism, but most elaterid subfamilies can click. A spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" that can bounce the beetle into the air. Clicking is mainly used to avoid predation, although it is also useful when the beetle is on its back and needs to right itself. There are about 9300 known species worldwide, and 965 valid species in North America. Etymology Leach took the family name from the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athous
''Athous'' is a genus of click beetles belonging to the family Elateridae. Species * '' Athous abdurachmanovi'' Dolin in Dolin & Penev, 2004 * '' Athous acanthus'' (Say, 1839) * '' Athous acutangulus'' Fairmaire, 1866 * '' Athous agriotoides'' Fall, 1907 * ''Athous albanicus'' Csiki, 1940 * '' Athous alnicola'' Gistel, 1857 * ''Athous alpestris'' Orlov, 1994 * ''Athous alticola'' Platia, 2006 * ''Athous anatolicus'' Platia, 1989 * ''Athous angulifrons'' Reitter, 1905 * ''Athous apfelbecki'' Reitter, 1905 * ''Athous appalachius'' Van Dyke, 1932 * ''Athous arizonicus'' Van Dyke, 1932 * ''Athous artvinensis'' Platia, Yildirim & Kesdek, 2007 * ''Athous astrabadensis'' Faust, 1877 * ''Athous asturiensis'' Platia, 2006 * ''Athous aterrimus'' Fall, 1910 * ''Athous audisioi'' Guglielmi & Platia, 1985 * ''Athous austriacus'' Desbrochers des Loges, 1873 * ''Athous axillaris'' Horn, 1871 * ''Athous azoricus'' Platia & Gudenzi, 2002 * ''Athous balcanicus'' Reitter, 1905 * ''Athous barriesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinus Uncinata
''Pinus mugo'', known as bog pine, creeping pine, dwarf mountain pine, mugo pine, mountain pine, scrub mountain pine, or Swiss mountain pine, is a species of conifer, native to high elevation habitats from southwestern to Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Description The tree has dark green leaves ("needles") in pairs, long. The cones are nut-brown, long. Custura Bucurei.jpg, ''Pinus mugo'' subsp. ''mugo'', Romania Pinus mugo uncinata trees.jpg, ''Pinus mugo'' subsp. ''uncinata'' Swiss National Park 007.JPG, ''Pinus mugo'' subsp. ''rotundata'', Swiss National Park Бор кривул 01.JPG, On Jakupica mountain, Republic of North Macedonia Taxonomy There are three subspecies: *''Pinus mugo'' subsp. ''mugo'' — in the east and south of the range (southern & eastern Alps, Balkan Peninsula), a low, shrubby, often multi-stemmed plant to tall with matte-textured symmetrical cones, which are thin-scaled. *''Pinus mugo'' subsp. ''uncinata'' — in the west and north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetles Described In 1860
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 hard exoske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
