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Ceratocanthinae
''Ceratocanthinae'' is a subfamily of the scarabaeoid beetle family Hybosoridae. It includes three tribes comprising 43 genera and 366 species; it was formerly treated as a separate family, Ceratocanthidae. Description Ceratocanthinae are small sized beetles from 2.0 to 10.0 millimeters in length. Adult beetles can be found on the bark and branches of dead trees and on fungus. Distribution Ceratocanthinae are relatively widespread. They can be found in Australian, Afrotropical, Indomalaysian, Neotropical, Nearctic, and Palaearctic regions. Ecology The adults have been found to associate with termites and ants. Larvae live under bark and in burrows of bessbugs (Passalidae Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles" or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their size, ranging from ...). Taxonomy The subfamily Ceratocanthinae contains 43 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hybosoridae
Hybosoridae, sometimes known as the scavenger scarab beetles, is a family of scarabaeiform beetles. The 690 species in 97 genera occur widely in the tropics, but little is known of their biology. Hybosorids are small, 5–7 mm in length and oval in shape. Color ranges from a glossy light brown to black. They are distinctive for their large mandibles and labrum, and their 10-segmented antennae, in which the 8th antennomore of the club is deeply grooved and occupied by the 9th and 10th antennomeres. The legs have prominent spurs. The larvae have the C-shape and creamy white appearance typical of the scarabaeiforms. The 4-segmented legs are well-developed; the front legs are used to stridulate by rubbing against the margin of the epipharynx, a habit unique to this family. Adults are known to feed on invertebrate and vertebrate carrion, with some found in dung. Larvae have been found in decomposing plant material. Little more is known of their life histories. The group has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anopsiostes
''Anopsiostes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Hybosoridae, described as a genus in 1982. It has two species: ''Anopsiostes punctatus,'' which is restricted to Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ..., and ''Anopsiostes pauliani,'' which was discovered in Mexico. References Scarabaeoidea genera {{Scarabaeoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceratocanthus
''Ceratocanthus'' is a genus of pill scarab beetles in the family Hybosoridae. There are more than 50 described species in ''Ceratocanthus''. Species These 53 species belong to the genus ''Ceratocanthus'': * '' Ceratocanthus aeneus'' (MacLeay, 1819) (shining ball scarab beetle) * '' Ceratocanthus amazonicus'' Paulian, 1982 * '' Ceratocanthus aureolus'' (Harold, 1874) * '' Ceratocanthus baniensis'' Howden, 1978 * ''Ceratocanthus basilicus'' (Germar, 1843) * '' Ceratocanthus bicinctoides'' Paulian, 1982 * ''Ceratocanthus bicinctus'' (Erichson, 1843) * '' Ceratocanthus bonfilsi'' Chalumeau, 1977 * '' Ceratocanthus brasiliensis'' (Lansberge, 1887) * ''Ceratocanthus chalceus'' (Germar, 1843) * ''Ceratocanthus clypealis'' (Lansberge, 1887) * ''Ceratocanthus ebeninus'' (Erichson, 1843) * '' Ceratocanthus eberti'' Paulian, 1982 * '' Ceratocanthus eulampros'' (Bates, 1887) * ''Ceratocanthus fuscoviridis'' (Ohaus, 1911) * '' Ceratocanthus globulus'' (Erichson, 1843) * ''Ceratocanthus gundl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |