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Carphurus Malaccanus
''Carphurus'' is a genus of soft-wing flower beetles (beetles of the family Melyridae) in the subfamily Malachiinae Malachiinae is a subfamily of beetles of the family Melyridae and having a global distribution. Description Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body ... and tribe Carphurini. Species are found mainly in Australia, and in Papua-New Guinea. References External links * * * ''Carphurus'' at Atlas of Living Australia Cleroidea genera Melyridae {{Melyridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson
Dr Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (26 November 1809 in Stralsund – 18 December 1848 in Berlin) was a trained medical doctor and a German entomologist. He was the author of many articles about insects mainly in ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte''. When writing in Latin, he latinised ''Wilhelm'' to ''Guillelmus'' becoming either ''Guil. F. Erichson'' or ''G.F. Erichson.'' He wrote a paper in 1842 on insect species collected at Woolnorth in Tasmania, Australia, which was the first detailed research published on the biogeography of Australian animals and was very influential in raising scientific interest in Australian fauna. Erichson was the curator of the Coleoptera collections at the ''Museum fur Naturkunde'' in Berlin from 1834 to 1848. Erichson's Scarabaeidae classification is nearly identical to the modern one. Works *''Genera Dytiscorum''. Berlin (1832) *''Die Käfer der Mark Brandenburg''. Two volumes Berlin (1837-1839) Click for pd*''Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carphurus Dumogaensis
''Carphurus'' is a genus of soft-wing flower beetles (beetles of the family Melyridae) in the subfamily Malachiinae Malachiinae is a subfamily of beetles of the family Melyridae and having a global distribution. Description Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body ... and tribe Carphurini. Species are found mainly in Australia, and in Papua-New Guinea. References External links * * * ''Carphurus'' at Atlas of Living Australia Cleroidea genera Melyridae {{Melyridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carphurus Elegans
''Carphurus elegans'' is a species of soft-wing flower beetles (beetles of the family Melyridae) in the subfamily Malachiinae Malachiinae is a subfamily of beetles of the family Melyridae and having a global distribution. Description Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body ... and tribe Carphurini. It is found in Queensland, Australia. References External links ''Carphurus elegans'' at Atlas of Living Australia Melyridae Beetles described in 1909 Beetles of Australia Insects of Queensland Taxa named by Arthur Mills Lea {{Melyridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carphurus Malaccanus
''Carphurus'' is a genus of soft-wing flower beetles (beetles of the family Melyridae) in the subfamily Malachiinae Malachiinae is a subfamily of beetles of the family Melyridae and having a global distribution. Description Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body ... and tribe Carphurini. Species are found mainly in Australia, and in Papua-New Guinea. References External links * * * ''Carphurus'' at Atlas of Living Australia Cleroidea genera Melyridae {{Melyridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carphurus Rubroannulatus
''Carphurus'' is a genus of soft-wing flower beetles (beetles of the family Melyridae) in the subfamily Malachiinae Malachiinae is a subfamily of beetles of the family Melyridae and having a global distribution. Description Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body ... and tribe Carphurini. Species are found mainly in Australia, and in Papua-New Guinea. References External links * * * ''Carphurus'' at Atlas of Living Australia Cleroidea genera Melyridae {{Melyridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carphurus Venustus
''Carphurus'' is a genus of soft-wing flower beetles (beetles of the family Melyridae) in the subfamily Malachiinae Malachiinae is a subfamily of beetles of the family Melyridae and having a global distribution. Description Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body ... and tribe Carphurini. Species are found mainly in Australia, and in Papua-New Guinea. References External links * * * ''Carphurus'' at Atlas of Living Australia Cleroidea genera Melyridae {{Melyridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetle
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 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melyridae
Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. Description Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, or red. Some melyrids ( Malachiinae) have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body and inconspicuous. Some melyrids have the two basal antennomeres greatly enlarged. Most adults and larvae are predaceous, but many are common on flowers. The most common North American species belong to the genus ''Collops'' ( Malachiinae); ''C. quadrimaculatus'' is reddish, with two bluish black spots on each elytron. Four New Guinean species of ''Choresine'' (the more abundant '' C. pulchra'', the less abundant '' C. semiopaca'' and the two infrequent '' C. rugiceps'' and '' C. sp. A'', the latter as yet unnamed) have been found to contain batrachotoxins, which may account f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malachiinae
Malachiinae is a subfamily of beetles of the family Melyridae and having a global distribution. Description Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body and inconspicuous. The most common North American species belongs to the genus ''Collops'' (''C. quadrimaculatus'') and is reddish, with two bluish black spots on each elytron.Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N.: "Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Ed.", page 429. Brooks/Cole, 2005. Selected genera * ''Ablechrus'' * '' Afrocarphurus'' * '' Anthocomus'' * '' Anthomalachius'' * '' Apalochrus'' * '' Apteromalachius'' * '' Attalus'' * '' Attalusinus'' * '' Attalomimus'' * '' Axinotarsus'' * '' Balanophorus'' * ''Brachemys'' * '' Brachyhedibius'' * '' Carphuroides'' * '' Carphuromorphus'' * ''Carphurus'' * '' Cephalogonia'' * '' Cephaloncus'' * '' Cerapheles'' * '' Ceratistes'' * '' Chaetocoelus'' * '' Charopus'' * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carphurini
Carphurini is a tribe of soft-wing flower beetles (beetles of the family Melyridae) in the subfamily Malachiinae. Genera * '' Afrocarphurus'' * '' Apteromalachius'' * ''Balanophorus'' * '' Brachyhedibius'' * '' Carphuroides'' * '' Carphuromorphus'' * ''Carphurus'' * '' Chaetocoelus'' * ''Choresine ''Choresine'' is a genus of beetles that belong to the Melyridae family. This genus of beetle is known to have high levels of batrachotoxins and is believed to be a possible toxin source for Pitohui and Blue-capped ifrit birds in New Guinea. Coll ...'' * '' Falsolaius'' * '' Helcogaster'' * '' Metachoresine'' * '' Microcarphurus'' * '' Neocarphurus'' * '' Telocarphurus'' References External links * * Melyridae Polyphaga tribes {{Melyridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleroidea Genera
Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly. Description Cleroidea is defined by the following features: adult and larva with mandibular mola absent, larva with basal mandibular process (lacinia mobilis) present), and mala with a pedunculate seta present. Some cleroids, especially in Cleridae and the melyrid subfamily Malachiinae, have bright aposematic colouration to deter predators. They mimic the appearances of other arthropods that are unpalatable to predators, such as various beetles ( blister beetles, leaf beetles, net-winged beetles), stinging Hymenoptera (ants and velvet ants), zygaenid moths and tachinid flies. There is variation in the degree of sclerotisation within Cleroidea. Some are hard-bodied beetles with fully sclerotised elytra that match the shape of the abdomen ( Trogossitidae, Lophocateridae, Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
