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Dysmerus Impolitus
''Dysmerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Restricted to the New World, until recently ''Dysmerus'' included only the type species, ''D. basalis'', described from Florida in the late 19th century. A recent revisionThomas, M. C. 2009. A review of the genus ''Dysmerus'' Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 0074: 1-30. resurrected two incorrectly synonymized species and recognized an additional 12 new species, so that the genus currently contains 15 species. Members of ''Dysmerus'' are small (~2mm in length), elongate, subcylindrical, brownish, pubescent beetles with closed procoxal cavities, a narrow intercoxal process of the first ventrite, and lacking an clypeal suture. The salient character of the members of ''Dysmerus'' is the possession by males of a grotesquely modified antennal scape and, in both sexes, the position of the pedicel, which arises laterally from the scape. The function of the modified male scape in unknown. These beetles are ... [...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] |
Dysmerus Impolitus
''Dysmerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Restricted to the New World, until recently ''Dysmerus'' included only the type species, ''D. basalis'', described from Florida in the late 19th century. A recent revisionThomas, M. C. 2009. A review of the genus ''Dysmerus'' Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 0074: 1-30. resurrected two incorrectly synonymized species and recognized an additional 12 new species, so that the genus currently contains 15 species. Members of ''Dysmerus'' are small (~2mm in length), elongate, subcylindrical, brownish, pubescent beetles with closed procoxal cavities, a narrow intercoxal process of the first ventrite, and lacking an clypeal suture. The salient character of the members of ''Dysmerus'' is the possession by males of a grotesquely modified antennal scape and, in both sexes, the position of the pedicel, which arises laterally from the scape. The function of the modified male scape in unknown. These beetles are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysmerus Symphilus
''Dysmerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Restricted to the New World, until recently ''Dysmerus'' included only the type species, ''D. basalis'', described from Florida in the late 19th century. A recent revisionThomas, M. C. 2009. A review of the genus ''Dysmerus'' Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 0074: 1-30. resurrected two incorrectly synonymized species and recognized an additional 12 new species, so that the genus currently contains 15 species. Members of ''Dysmerus'' are small (~2mm in length), elongate, subcylindrical, brownish, pubescent beetles with closed procoxal cavities, a narrow intercoxal process of the first ventrite, and lacking an clypeal suture. The salient character of the members of ''Dysmerus'' is the possession by males of a grotesquely modified antennal scape and, in both sexes, the position of the pedicel, which arises laterally from the scape. The function of the modified male scape in unknown. These beetles are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysmerus Sulcicollis
''Dysmerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Restricted to the New World, until recently ''Dysmerus'' included only the type species, ''D. basalis'', described from Florida in the late 19th century. A recent revisionThomas, M. C. 2009. A review of the genus ''Dysmerus'' Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 0074: 1-30. resurrected two incorrectly synonymized species and recognized an additional 12 new species, so that the genus currently contains 15 species. Members of ''Dysmerus'' are small (~2mm in length), elongate, subcylindrical, brownish, pubescent beetles with closed procoxal cavities, a narrow intercoxal process of the first ventrite, and lacking an clypeal suture. The salient character of the members of ''Dysmerus'' is the possession by males of a grotesquely modified antennal scape and, in both sexes, the position of the pedicel, which arises laterally from the scape. The function of the modified male scape in unknown. These beetles are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysmerus Rondoniensis
''Dysmerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Restricted to the New World, until recently ''Dysmerus'' included only the type species, ''D. basalis'', described from Florida in the late 19th century. A recent revisionThomas, M. C. 2009. A review of the genus ''Dysmerus'' Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 0074: 1-30. resurrected two incorrectly synonymized species and recognized an additional 12 new species, so that the genus currently contains 15 species. Members of ''Dysmerus'' are small (~2mm in length), elongate, subcylindrical, brownish, pubescent beetles with closed procoxal cavities, a narrow intercoxal process of the first ventrite, and lacking an clypeal suture. The salient character of the members of ''Dysmerus'' is the possession by males of a grotesquely modified antennal scape and, in both sexes, the position of the pedicel, which arises laterally from the scape. The function of the modified male scape in unknown. These beetles are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysmerus Politus
''Dysmerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Restricted to the New World, until recently ''Dysmerus'' included only the type species, ''D. basalis'', described from Florida in the late 19th century. A recent revisionThomas, M. C. 2009. A review of the genus ''Dysmerus'' Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 0074: 1-30. resurrected two incorrectly synonymized species and recognized an additional 12 new species, so that the genus currently contains 15 species. Members of ''Dysmerus'' are small (~2mm in length), elongate, subcylindrical, brownish, pubescent beetles with closed procoxal cavities, a narrow intercoxal process of the first ventrite, and lacking an clypeal suture. The salient character of the members of ''Dysmerus'' is the possession by males of a grotesquely modified antennal scape and, in both sexes, the position of the pedicel, which arises laterally from the scape. The function of the modified male scape in unknown. These beetles are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysmerus Monstrosus
''Dysmerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Restricted to the New World, until recently ''Dysmerus'' included only the type species, ''D. basalis'', described from Florida in the late 19th century. A recent revisionThomas, M. C. 2009. A review of the genus ''Dysmerus'' Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 0074: 1-30. resurrected two incorrectly synonymized species and recognized an additional 12 new species, so that the genus currently contains 15 species. Members of ''Dysmerus'' are small (~2mm in length), elongate, subcylindrical, brownish, pubescent beetles with closed procoxal cavities, a narrow intercoxal process of the first ventrite, and lacking an clypeal suture. The salient character of the members of ''Dysmerus'' is the possession by males of a grotesquely modified antennal scape and, in both sexes, the position of the pedicel, which arises laterally from the scape. The function of the modified male scape in unknown. These beetles are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysmerus Mexicanus
''Dysmerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Restricted to the New World, until recently ''Dysmerus'' included only the type species, ''D. basalis'', described from Florida in the late 19th century. A recent revisionThomas, M. C. 2009. A review of the genus ''Dysmerus'' Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 0074: 1-30. resurrected two incorrectly synonymized species and recognized an additional 12 new species, so that the genus currently contains 15 species. Members of ''Dysmerus'' are small (~2mm in length), elongate, subcylindrical, brownish, pubescent beetles with closed procoxal cavities, a narrow intercoxal process of the first ventrite, and lacking an clypeal suture. The salient character of the members of ''Dysmerus'' is the possession by males of a grotesquely modified antennal scape and, in both sexes, the position of the pedicel, which arises laterally from the scape. The function of the modified male scape in unknown. These beetles are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysmerus Skelleyi
''Dysmerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Restricted to the New World, until recently ''Dysmerus'' included only the type species, ''D. basalis'', described from Florida in the late 19th century. A recent revisionThomas, M. C. 2009. A review of the genus ''Dysmerus'' Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 0074: 1-30. resurrected two incorrectly synonymized species and recognized an additional 12 new species, so that the genus currently contains 15 species. Members of ''Dysmerus'' are small (~2mm in length), elongate, subcylindrical, brownish, pubescent beetles with closed procoxal cavities, a narrow intercoxal process of the first ventrite, and lacking an clypeal suture. The salient character of the members of ''Dysmerus'' is the possession by males of a grotesquely modified antennal scape and, in both sexes, the position of the pedicel, which arises laterally from the scape. The function of the modified male scape in unknown. These beetles are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysmerus Hamaticornis
''Dysmerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Restricted to the New World, until recently ''Dysmerus'' included only the type species, ''D. basalis'', described from Florida in the late 19th century. A recent revisionThomas, M. C. 2009. A review of the genus ''Dysmerus'' Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 0074: 1-30. resurrected two incorrectly synonymized species and recognized an additional 12 new species, so that the genus currently contains 15 species. Members of ''Dysmerus'' are small (~2mm in length), elongate, subcylindrical, brownish, pubescent beetles with closed procoxal cavities, a narrow intercoxal process of the first ventrite, and lacking an clypeal suture. The salient character of the members of ''Dysmerus'' is the possession by males of a grotesquely modified antennal scape and, in both sexes, the position of the pedicel, which arises laterally from the scape. The function of the modified male scape in unknown. These beetles are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laemophloeidae
Laemophloeidae, "lined flat bark beetles," is a family in the superfamily Cucujoidea characterized by predominantly dorso-ventrally compressed bodies, head and pronotal discs bordered by ridges or grooves, and inverted male genitalia. Size range of adults is in length. Currently, it contains 40 genera and about 450 species, and is represented on all continents except Antarctica; species richness is greatest in the tropics. Classicification Historically, Laemophloeidae was treated as a subfamily of Cucujidae, but starting in the middle of the 20th century, most of what had been treated as subfamilies of the Cucujidae were considered to be families. Habitat and behaviour Most laemophloeids, adults and larvae, are found under bark of dead trees, where they apparently are primarily fungivores, although some genera with adults having subcylindrical bodies (e.g., '' Leptophloeus'', '' Dysmerus'') occur in the galleries of bark beetles (Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dysmerus Genaspinosus
''Dysmerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. Restricted to the New World, until recently ''Dysmerus'' included only the type species, ''D. basalis'', described from Florida in the late 19th century. A recent revisionThomas, M. C. 2009. A review of the genus ''Dysmerus'' Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Insecta Mundi 0074: 1-30. resurrected two incorrectly synonymized species and recognized an additional 12 new species, so that the genus currently contains 15 species. Members of ''Dysmerus'' are small (~2mm in length), elongate, subcylindrical, brownish, pubescent beetles with closed procoxal cavities, a narrow intercoxal process of the first ventrite, and lacking an clypeal suture. The salient character of the members of ''Dysmerus'' is the possession by males of a grotesquely modified antennal scape and, in both sexes, the position of the pedicel, which arises laterally from the scape. The function of the modified male scape in unknown. These beetles are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
