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Chrysochus
''Chrysochus'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from North America, Europe and Asia. Etymology The name of the genus is derived from the Greek language, Greek word (), meaning "goldsmith". Taxonomic history In 1836, the genus ''Chrysochus'' was first established by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean, Dejean's ''Catalogue des Coléoptères'', including the species ''Chrysomela asiatica'' Pallas, 1771, ''C. aurata'' Fabricius, 1775 and ''C. pretiosa'' Fabricius, 1792 (now ''Chrysochares asiaticus'', ''Chrysochus auratus'' and ''Chrysochus asclepiadeus'', respectively). ''Chrysomela praetiosa'' was designated as the type species of the genus by Sylvain Auguste de Marseul in 1864. The generic name ''Chrysochus'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 is a conserved name. It was threatened by ''Eumolpus (beetle), Eumolpus'' in the sense used by Johann Gottlieb Kugelann, Kugelann in Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, Illiger, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysochus Brevefasciatus
''Chrysochus'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from North America, Europe and Asia. Etymology The name of the genus is derived from the Greek word (), meaning "goldsmith". Taxonomic history In 1836, the genus ''Chrysochus'' was first established by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in Dejean's ''Catalogue des Coléoptères'', including the species ''Chrysomela asiatica'' Pallas, 1771, ''C. aurata'' Fabricius, 1775 and ''C. pretiosa'' Fabricius, 1792 (now '' Chrysochares asiaticus'', '' Chrysochus auratus'' and '' Chrysochus asclepiadeus'', respectively). ''Chrysomela praetiosa'' was designated as the type species of the genus by Sylvain Auguste de Marseul in 1864. The generic name ''Chrysochus'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 is a conserved name. It was threatened by '' Eumolpus'' in the sense used by Kugelann in Illiger, 1798, which included ''Chrysomela praetiosa''. An application to conserve ''Chrysochus'' and other names by suppres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysochus Auratus 1
''Chrysochus'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from North America, Europe and Asia. Etymology The name of the genus is derived from the Greek word (), meaning "goldsmith". Taxonomic history In 1836, the genus ''Chrysochus'' was first established by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in Dejean's ''Catalogue des Coléoptères'', including the species ''Chrysomela asiatica'' Pallas, 1771, ''C. aurata'' Fabricius, 1775 and ''C. pretiosa'' Fabricius, 1792 (now '' Chrysochares asiaticus'', '' Chrysochus auratus'' and '' Chrysochus asclepiadeus'', respectively). ''Chrysomela praetiosa'' was designated as the type species of the genus by Sylvain Auguste de Marseul in 1864. The generic name ''Chrysochus'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 is a conserved name. It was threatened by '' Eumolpus'' in the sense used by Kugelann in Illiger, 1798, which included ''Chrysomela praetiosa''. An application to conserve ''Chrysochus'' and other names by suppres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysochus Asclepiadeus
''Chrysochus asclepiadeus'' (or ''Eumolpus asclepiadeus'') is a member of the leaf beetle subfamily Eumolpinae. It is considered the type species of the genus '' Chrysochus'', though it has sometimes been placed within the genus ''Eumolpus''. It is the only species of ''Chrysochus'' distributed in the western Palaearctic. It is mainly found in Europe, though it is also known from Kazakhstan and Turkey in Asia. Taxonomic history The species was first described by Peter Simon Pallas, who gave it the scientific name ''Chrysomela asclepiadea'' in 1773. The species epithet, ''aescelpiadea'' (or ''asclepiadeus''), is named after the milkweed genus ''Asclepias'', one of the species' food plants. The species was later twice described again under two separate names: Guillaume-Antoine Olivier named it ''Cryptocephalus cyaneus'' in 1791 (from the Latin , meaning "dark blue"), while Johan Christian Fabricius named it ''Chrysomela praetiosa'' in 1792. The latter was sometimes spelled "''pretio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysochus Auratus
''Chrysochus auratus'', the dogbane beetle, of eastern North America, is a member of the leaf beetle subfamily Eumolpinae. It is primarily found east of the Rocky Mountains. Its diet mainly consists of dogbane (''Apocynum''), specifically ''Apocynum cannabinum'' and ''Apocynum androsaemifolium'', and occasionally it eats milkweed. It is 8-11 mm long and has a convex, oval shape. Description The adults are an iridescent blue-green with a metallic copper, golden or crimson shine. Dogbane beetles range from 8 to 11 mm in length, and they are oblong and convex in shape. The head contains two antennae that are widely set apart and located between the beetle's eyes. They are twelve-jointed with eleven segments, and the basal segment is shorter than that of the second segment. The larvae have white bodies and brown heads. Distribution and habitat Because the dogbane beetle's main source of food is dogbane leaves, they live in areas where this plant is abundant, such as fields ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysochus Cobaltinus
Chrysochus cobaltinus, the cobalt milkweed beetle or blue milkweed beetle, is a member of the diverse family of leaf beetles, Chrysomelidae. It is named after its cobalt-blue exoskeleton, which makes it easy to spot and distinguish, and its tendency to feed off Asclepias, milkweed plants. It occurs in the Western United States and British Columbia. These beetles use dogbane and Asclepias, milkweed plant species as their primary source of food. Both these plants contain toxic molecules known as cardenolides. ''C.cobaltinus'' beetles are resistant to cardenolide toxic effects and can further use them for their own protection against predators. By storing them in prothorax, pronotal and elytra glands, they can utilize these toxins to their advantage and evolutionary benefit. These beetles participate in Animal sexual behavior#Polygamy, polygamous matings in which both female and male beetles mate with multiple partners. Females can particularly mate with three male beetles simultane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eumolpus (beetle)
''Eumolpus'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It includes 40 species, most of which have a large size and include some of the largest members of the subfamily. They are distributed throughout the Neotropical realm, though one species ('' Eumolpus robustus'') has been recorded as far north as Arizona (in the United States). Etymology The name of the genus is either derived from the Ancient Greek (''eúmolpos''), or is named after Eumolpus from Greek mythology, who was the son of Poseidon and Chione. Taxonomic history The genus in its current sense is attributed to Weber, 1801. However, the name ''Eumolpus'' was first used in Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger's ''Verzeichniß der Käfer Preußens'' in 1798, where it was attributed to Johann Gottlieb Kugelann, and originally consisted of European species now placed in the genera ''Chrysochus'' and ''Bromius''. While most authors followed Weber, 1801, some recent European entomologists have followed Warchało ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eumolpinae
The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It is one of the largest subfamilies of leaf beetles, including more than 500 genera and 7000 species. They are oval, and convex in form, and measure up to 10 mm in size. Typical coloration for this subfamily of beetles ranges from bright yellow to dark red. Many species are iridescent or brilliantly metallic blue or green in appearance. Description Eumolpinae can be recognized at first sight by their rounded thoraces, more or less spherical or bell-shaped, but always significantly narrower than the mesothorax as covered by the elytra. Additional features include a small head set deeply into the thorax, and usually well-developed legs. They generally resemble other Chrysomelidae, but differ in having front coxae rounded and third tarsal segment bilobed beneath. Many are metallic, or yellow and spotted. The dogbane beetle (''Chrysochus auratus''), for instance, is very attractive—iridescent blue-green wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Auguste De Marseul
Sylvain Auguste de Marseul (January 21, 1812 in Fougerolles-du-Plessis in Normandy – April 16, 1890 in Paris) was a French Roman Catholic priest and entomologist. He taught in the Petit séminaire de Paris from 1833 to 1836. In 1842, founded a college at Laval, then from 1850 to 1853, he taught in Paris. In 1854, he left his college for America where he remained eight months and discovered entomology. The abbot of Marseul was the author of many publications. He founded in 1864 a review devoted to the Coleoptera and named ''L'Abeille'', the Bee. On his death this publication was continued by Ernest Marie Louis Bedel (1849-1922) then by René Gabriel Jeannel (1879-1965). The abbot also studied the history of the beginnings of French entomology in a series of review article in the Bee under the generic title ''Entomologistes et de leurs écrits'', Entomologists and their writings (1882 to 1887). His collection is conserved in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZooKeys
''ZooKeys'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering zoological taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. It was established in 2008 and the editor-in-chief is Terry Erwin (Smithsonian Institution). It is published by Pensoft Publishers. ''ZooKeys'' provides all new taxa to the Encyclopedia of Life on the day of publication. See also * ''Zootaxa ''Zootaxa'' is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press (Auckland, New Zealand). The journal was established by Zhi-Qiang Zhang in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week. ...'' References External links * * * Creative Commons Attribution-licensed journals English-language journals Open access journals Publications established in 2008 Zoology journals Pensoft Publishers academic journals Continuous journals {{zoo-journal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conserved Name
A conserved name or ''nomen conservandum'' (plural ''nomina conservanda'', abbreviated as ''nom. cons.'') is a scientific name that has specific nomenclatural protection. That is, the name is retained, even though it violates one or more rules which would otherwise prevent it from being legitimate. ''Nomen conservandum'' is a Latin term, meaning "a name to be conserved". The terms are often used interchangeably, such as by the ''International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants'' (ICN), while the ''International Code of Zoological Nomenclature'' favours the term "''conserved name''". The process for conserving botanical names is different from that for zoological names. Under the botanical code, names may also be "suppressed", ''nomen rejiciendum'' (plural ''nomina rejicienda'' or ''nomina utique rejicienda'', abbreviated as ''nom. rej.''), or rejected in favour of a particular conserved name, and combinations based on a suppressed name are also listed as “''nom. re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is an organization dedicated to "achieving stability and sense in the scientific naming of animals". Founded in 1895, it currently comprises 26 commissioners from 20 countries. Organization The ICZN is governed by the "Constitution of the ICZN", which is usually published together with the ICZN Code. Members are elected by the Section of Zoological Nomenclature, established by the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). The regular term of service of a member of the Commission is six years. Members can be re-elected up to a total of three full six-year terms in a row. After 18 continuous years of elected service, a break of at least three years is prescribed before the member can stand again for election. Activities Since 2014, the work of the Commission is supported by a small secretariat based at the National University of Singapore, in Singapore. Previously, the secretariat was based in London and fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Gottlieb Kugelann
Johann Gottlieb Kugelann (2 January 1753 – 8 September 1815) was a German entomologist. A pharmacist by profession, Kugelann worked on Coleoptera. He published (with Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger and Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig (8 November 1743, in Garz/Rügen – 10 October 1831, in Braunschweig) was a German mathematician, entomologist and wargame designer. Biography After studies of mathematics and natural history at the university o ...) in 1798 ''Verzeichniss der Käfer Preussens''. Verzeichniss der Käfer Preussens References * 1753 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
