Cubilia Smithi
''Cubilia smithi'' is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1897. Retrieved 8 September 2014. References Pteropliini Beetles described in 1897 {{Pteropliini-stub ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karl Jordan (zoologist, Born 1861)
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan (7 December 1861 – 12 January 1959) was a German-British entomologist. He took a special interest in the taxonomy and classification of butterflies, beetles and fleas. Jordan was a founder of the International Congress of Entomology. Jordan was born in a farming family in Almstedt, raised by an uncle after the death of his father in 1855, finished school in Hildesheim and educated at Göttingen University. After a year of military service, he taught at Münden Grammar School for five years and came in contact with zoologist August Metzger and Count Berlepsch that led to a growth in his natural history interest. Through their recommendation he received an invitation to joined Ernst Hartert at Rotschild's museum. In 1893 he began work at Walter Rothschild's Natural History Museum at Tring, specialising in Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Siphonaptera. Jordan published over 400 papers, many jointly with Charles and Walter Rothschild. He described 2,575 ne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Cerambycidae
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body. In various members of the family, however, the antennae are quite short (e.g., '' Neandra brunnea'') and such species can be difficult to distinguish from related beetle families such as the Chrysomelidae. The scientific name of this beetle family goes back to a figure from Greek mythology: after an argument with nymphs, the shepherd Cerambus was transformed into a large beetle with horns. Description Other than the typical long antennal length, the most consistently distinctive feature of the family is that the antennal sockets are located on low tubercles on the face; other beetles with long antennae lack these tubercles, and cerambycids with short antennae still possess them. They otherwise vary greatly in size, shap ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pteropliini
Pteropliini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.Bezark, Larry GA Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on 22 May 2012. Taxonomy * '' Abaraeus'' Jordan, 1903 * '' Abryna'' Newman, 1842 * '' Acanthetaxalus'' Breuning, 1961 * '' Acronia'' Westwood, 1863 * '' Agniolophia'' Breuning, 1938 * '' Albapomecyna'' Breuning, 1980 * '' Alidopsis'' Breuning, 1954 * '' Alidus'' Gahan, 1893 * '' Anaches'' Pascoe, 1865 * '' Anobrium'' Belon, 1902 * '' Aprophata'' Pascoe, 1862 * ''Ataxia'' Haldeman, 1847 * '' Atybe'' Pascoe, 1864 * '' Baraeus'' Thomson, 1858 * '' Batrachorhina'' Chevrolat, 1842 * '' Brachyale'' Breuning, 1963 * '' Cairnsia'' Blackburn, 1895 * '' Callimetopus'' Blanchard, 1853 * '' Catafimbria'' Aurivillius, 1922 * '' Cenodocus'' J. Thomson, 1864 * '' Cicatripraonetha'' Breuning, 1980 * '' Cobria'' Pascoe, 1865 * '' Corrhenes'' Pascoe, 1865 * '' Corrhenispia'' Breuning, 1938 * '' Corrhenodes'' Breuning, 1942 * '' Cristodesisa'' Breun ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |