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Harpalus Oblitus
''Harpalus oblitus'' is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. It was described by Dejean in 1829. References oblitus Beetles described in 1829 {{Harpalus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean
Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean (10 August 1780 – 17 March 1845), was a French soldier and entomologist. Dejean described a large number of beetles in a series of catalogues. A soldier of fortune during the Napoleonic Wars, he rose to the rank of lieutenant general and ''aide de campe'' to Napoleon. He amassed vast collections of Coleoptera, some even collected on the battlefield at Waterloo. At the battle of Alcanizas he took time out of battle to pick up a beetle that he pinned on to cork on the inside of his helmet. After victory, he was pleased to find the beetle intact. He listed 22,399 species in his cabinets in 1837—at the time, the greatest collection of Coleoptera in the world. In 1802, he began publishing a catalogue of his vast collection, including 22,000 species names. Dejean was an opponent of the Principle of Priority in nomenclature. "''I have made it a rule always to preserve the name most generally used , and not the oldest one; because it seems t ... [...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] |
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] |
