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Harpalus Numidicus
''Harpalus numidicus'' is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. It was described by Bedel in 1893 and is found in Spain, Morocco, and Algeria. It is 9 to 11 mm long and has a series of large, staggered dots on the third interstria of the elytra. References numidicus Beetles described in 1893 {{Harpalus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ground Beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families. They belong to the Adephaga. Members of the family are primarily carnivorous, but some members are phytophagous or omnivorous. Description and ecology Although their body shapes and coloring vary somewhat, most are shiny black or metallic and have ridged wing covers (elytra). The elytra are fused in some species, particularly the large Carabinae, rendering the beetles unable to fly. The species ''Mormolyce phyllodes'' is known as violin beetle due to their peculiarly shaped elytra. All carabids except the quite primitive flanged bombardier beetles (Paussinae) have a groove on their arthropod leg, fore leg tibiae bearing a comb of hairs used for cleaning their antenna (biology), antennae. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harpalinae
Harpalinae is a huge subfamily of ground beetles that contains 20,000 species or ~6,400 spp. in 24 tribes worldwide, according to others. A rarely used common name for the subfamily is the harp beetles. The Harpalinae contain the most apomorphic ground beetles, displaying a wide range of forms and behaviors. Some are, rare among ground beetles, omnivores or even herbivores. Many closely related subfamilies have been treated as subordinate taxa of the Harpalinae by various authors. Among these are the Dryptinae, Lebiinae (including Cyclosominae, Mormolycinae, Odacanthinae, Perigoninae), Licininae (including Chlaeniinae, Oodinae), Orthogoniinae, Panagaeinae, Platyninae, Pseudomorphinae, Pterostichinae (including Zabrinae). Here, they are considered independent families within the harpaline (''sensu lato'') assemblage, and this is also tentatively assumed for the enigmatic monotypic genus ''Ginema''. Systematics At least 4 large and several smaller supertribes can be dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Marie Louis Bedel
Ernest Marie Louis Bedel (16 May 1849, Nantes – 26 January 1922, Paris) was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. Louis Bedel studied first in Nantes then in Paris where the future entomologist Maurice Sédillot (1849-1933) was a fellow student. His father arranged his taking part in natural history sorties where he met great names of natural history like Alcide d'Orbigny (1802-1857) and which were also attended by future scientists in other disciplines like Henry Le Chatelier (1850-1936), Henri d'Orbigny (1845-1915) and Pierre Emile Gounelle (1850-1914). He took part in the war of 1870 before continuing his law studies. Bedel wrote nearly 300 publications mainly devoted to the Coleopters. His collection is preserved at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the ' (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a ' of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 alternatively spelled as "hemielytra"), and in most species only the basal half is thickened while the apex is membranous, but when they are entirely thickened the condition is referred to as "coleopteroid". An elytron is sometimes also referred to as a shard. Description The elytra primarily serve as protective wing-cases for the hindwings underneath, which are used for flying. To fly, a beetle typically opens the elytra and then extends the hindwings, flying while still holding the elytra open, though many beetles in the families Scarabaeidae and Buprestidae can fly with the elytra closed (e.g., most Cetoniinae; ). In a number of groups, the elytra are reduced to various degrees, (e.g., the beetle families Staphylinidae and Ripiphoridae), or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harpalus (genus)
''Harpalus'' is a genus of ground beetle first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Species ''Harpalus'' contains the following 409 species:'''' * ''Harpalus actiosus'' Casey, 1914 * ''Harpalus acupalpoides'' Reitter, 1900 * ''Harpalus aeneipennis'' (Faldermann, 1836) * ''Harpalus aenigma'' (Tschitscherine, 1897) * ''Harpalus aequicollis'' Motschulsky, 1844 * ''Harpalus affinis'' (Schrank, 1781) * ''Harpalus agakhaniantzi'' (Mikhailov, 1972) * ''Harpalus agnatus'' Reiche, 1849 * ''Harpalus akinini'' Tschitscherine, 1895 * ''Harpalus alajensis'' Tschitscherine, 1898 * ''Harpalus albanicus'' Reitter, 1900 * ''Harpalus alexandrae'' Kataev, 1990 * ''Harpalus alexeevi'' Kataev, 1990 * ''Harpalus alienus'' Bates, 1878 * ''Harpalus alpivagus'' Tschitscherine, 1899 * ''Harpalus amarellus'' Bates, 1891 * ''Harpalus amariformis'' Motschulsky, 1844 * ''Harpalus amplicollis'' Menetries, 1848 * ''Harpalus amputatus'' Say, 1830 * ''Harpalus anatolicus'' Tschitscherine, 1898 * ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
