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Cantharidae
The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the Red coat (British army), red coats of early British soldiers, hence the common name. They are also known commonly as leatherwings because of their soft elytron, elytra. Historically, these beetles were placed in a superfamily "Cantharoidea", which has been subsumed by the superfamily Elateroidea; the name is still sometimes used as a rankless grouping, including the families Cantharidae, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Omethidae (which includes Telegeusidae), Phengodidae, and Rhagophthalmidae. Soldier beetles often feed on both nectar and pollen as well as predating other small insects. The larvae are often active, velvety, often brightly-colored, and they feed on the ground, hunting snails and other small creatures. Evolutionary history The oldest described member of the family is ''Molliber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malthininae
The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the Red coat (British army), red coats of early British soldiers, hence the common name. They are also known commonly as leatherwings because of their soft elytron, elytra. Historically, these beetles were placed in a superfamily "Cantharoidea", which has been subsumed by the superfamily Elateroidea; the name is still sometimes used as a rankless grouping, including the families Cantharidae, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Omethidae (which includes Telegeusidae), Phengodidae, and Rhagophthalmidae. Soldier beetles often feed on both nectar and pollen as well as predating other small insects. The larvae are often active, velvety, often brightly-colored, and they feed on the ground, hunting snails and other small creatures. Evolutionary history The oldest described member of the family is ''Molliber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chauliognathus Lugubris
''Chauliognathus lugubris'', the plague soldier beetle, green soldier beetle or banana bug, is a species of soldier beetle (Cantharidae) native to Australia. It has a flattened body to long with a prominent yellow-orange stripe behind the black prothorax. The abdomen is yellow-orange but is mostly obscured by the metallic olive green elytra An elytron (; ; , ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes alterna .... Plague soldier beetles are most common in spring and early summer, and have an adult lifespan of 2-3 months. They are most commonly found in the temperate region of southeast Australia, and are occasionally found in parts of the southwest. The beetles often swarm in large, localised groups around flora such as shrubs and trees, primarily to mate. These swarms can include hundreds of thousand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantharis
''Cantharis'' is a large genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae with narrow and soft elytra. The poisonous Spanish fly is superficially similar and is associated with the scientific name ''Cantharis vesicatoria''. It is also sometimes called "cantharis" in the vernacular, but it is actually unrelated to ''Cantharis'' and is not a member of the Cantharidae at all. It was classified there erroneously until Johan Christian Fabricius corrected its name in his ''Systema entomologiae'' in 1775. He reclassified the Spanish fly in the new genus ''Lytta'' as ''Lytta vesicatoria''. It belongs to the family Meloidae.Selander, R. B. (1991)On the nomenclature and classification of Meloidae (Coleoptera) ''Insecta Mundi'' 5(2): 65-94. European species Subgenus ''Cantharis'' * ''Cantharis allosensis'' Pic, 1924 * '' Cantharis annularis'' Menetriez, 1836 * '' Cantharis antennalis'' (Marseul, 1864) * '' Cantharis ariasi'' (Mulsant, 1862) * '' Cantharis assimilis'' Paykull, 1798 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantharini
Cantharini is a tribe of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are more than 40 genera and over 500 described species in Cantharini. Genera These 46 genera belong to the tribe Cantharini: * '' Ancistronycha'' Märkel, 1852 * '' Armidia'' Mulsant, 1862 * '' Atalantycha'' Kazantsev, 2005 * '' Bactrocantharis'' Barovskii, 1926 * '' Bactronycha'' Kazantsev, 2001 * '' Bisadia'' Wittmer, 1972 * '' Boveycantharis'' Wittmer, 1969 * ''Cantharis'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Cantharomorphus'' Fiori, 1914 * '' Cephalomalthinus'' Pic, 1921 * '' Cordicantharis'' Svihla, 1999 * '' Cratosilis'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Cultellunguis'' McKey-Fender, 1950 * '' Cyrebion'' Fairmaire, 1891 * '' Cyrtomoptera'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Falsopodabrus'' Pic, 1927 * '' Habronychus'' Wittmer, 1982 * '' Islamocantharis'' Wittmer & Magis, 1978 * '' Leiothorax'' Pinna, 1974 (decapod) * '' Lycocerus'' Gorham, 1889 * '' Malchinomorphus'' Pic, 1922 * '' Metacantharis'' Bourgeois, 1886 * '' Micropodabrus'' Pic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podabrus
''Podabrus'' is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 110 described species in ''Podabrus'', recorded from Europe, North America and Asia. Many ''Podabrus'' appear to mimic MIMIC, known in capitalized form only, is a former simulation computer language developed 1964 by H. E. Petersen, F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the Air Force Materiel Command at the Wright-Patterson AFB in ... fireflies, such as the winter firefly. See also * List of Podabrus species References Further reading * * * * * * * External links * Cantharidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{cantharidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belotus
''Belotus'' is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the red coats of early British soldiers, hence the .... There are at least four described species in ''Belotus''. Species These four species belong to the genus ''Belotus'': * '' Belotus abdominalis'' (LeConte, 1851) * '' Belotus antillarum'' Leng & Mutchler * '' Belotus bicolor'' Brancucci, 1979 * '' Belotus minutus'' Leng & Mutchler References Further reading * * * Cantharidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{cantharidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elateroidea
The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives. It consists of about 25,000 species. Description Elateroidea is a morphologically diverse group, including hard-bodied beetles with 5 abdominal ventrites, soft-bodied beetles with 7-8 ventrites connected with membranes (formerly known as cantharoids), and beetles with intermediate forms. They have a range of sizes and colours, but in terms of shape, they are usually narrow and parallel-sided as adults. Many of the sclerotised elateroids (Cerophytidae, Eucnemidae, Throscidae, Elateridae) have a clicking mechanism. This is a peg on the prothorax which fits into a cavity in the mesothorax. When a click beetle bends its body, the peg snaps into the cavity, causing the beetle's body to straighten so suddenly that it jumps into the air. Most beetles capable of bioluminescence are in the Elateroidea, in the families Lampyridae (~2000 specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chauliognathinae
Chauliognathinae is a subfamily of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 4 genera and at least 20 described species in Chauliognathinae. Genera * ''Belotus'' Gorham, 1881 * ''Chauliognathus ''Chauliognathus'' is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. Adults have almost rectangular bodies. Some are red and black, similar to the military uniforms that were common before the usage of camouflage, hence the name of soldie ...'' Hentz, 1830 * '' Ichthyurus'' Westwood, 1848 * '' Trypherus'' LeConte, 1851 References * Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ''ZooKeys, vol. 88'', 1–972. * Delkeskamp, Kurt (1977). "Cantharidae". ''Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 165, fasc. 1'', 485. * Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds. (1995). "Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhagonycha
''Rhagonycha''von Eschscholtz JF (1830) Nova genera Coleopterorum Faunae Europaeae. ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' 2(1): 63–66. is a genus of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae. There are at least 140 described species recorded from Europe, North America and Japan, and thought to date from the Upper Eocene to recent periods. Subgenera and notable species ''BioLib'' lists two subgenera: * subgenus ''Rhagonycha'' Eschscholtz, 1830 ** ''Rhagonycha fulva'' (Scopoli, 1763) - the common red soldier beetle is the type species (as ''Cantharis fulva'' Scopoli, 1763, misidentified as ''C. melanura'' L., 1758) ** ''Rhagonycha testacea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) ** List of other ''Rhagonycha'' species * subgenus ''Ussurycha'' Kazantsev, 1995 (monotypic) ** ''Rhagonycha kazantsevi ''Rhagonycha''von Eschscholtz JF (1830) Nova genera Coleopterorum Faunae Europaeae. ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' 2(1): 63–6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantharinae
Cantharinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 200 described species in Cantharinae. ;Taxonomic note: *Lawrence and Newton (1995) give the authorship of this subfamily as Imhoff, 1856 (1815). Tribes and genera Two tribes are accepted: Cantharini * '' Absidiella'' Wittmer, 1972 * '' Ancistronycha'' Märkel, 1852 * '' Atalantycha'' Kazantsev, 2005 * ''Cantharis'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Cultellunguis'' McKey-Fender, 1950 * '' Cyrtomoptera'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Hemipodistra'' Ganglbauer, 1922 * '' Pacificanthia'' Kazantsev, 2001 * '' Pseudoabsidia'' Wittmer, 1969 * ''Rhagonycha'' Eschscholtz, 1830 * '' Rhaxonycha'' Motschulsky, 1860 * †'' Burmomiles'' Fanti et al. 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †'' Elektrokleinia'' Ellenberger & Fanti, 2019 Burmese amber Myanmar, Cenomanian * †'' Myamalycocerus'' Fanti and Ellenberger 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †'' Molliberus'' Peris and Fanti 2018 Spanish amber, Albian * †'' ... [...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] |
Rhagophthalmidae
The Rhagophthalmidae are a family of beetles within the superfamily Elateroidea. Members of this beetle family have bioluminescent organs on the larvae, and sometimes adults, and are closely related to the Phengodidae (glowworm beetles), though historically they have been often treated as a subfamily of Lampyridae, or as related to that family. Some recent evidence suggested that they were the sister group to the Phengodidae, and somewhat distantly related to Lampyridae, whose sister taxon was Cantharidae, but more reliable genome-based phylogenetics placed (Rhagophthalmidae + Phengodidae) as the sister group to the Lampyridae. Whatever their relationships may be, Rhagophthalmidae are distributed in the Old World The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by the ..., and little is k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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