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Ja (beetle)
''Jujiroa'' is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 30 described species in ''Jujiroa'', found in eastern Asia. Species These 36 species belong to the genus ''Jujiroa'': * ''Jujiroa alticola'' Ueno & Saito, 1991 (Taiwan and temperate Asia) * ''Jujiroa ana'' (Ueno, 1955) (Japan) * ''Jujiroa anoides'' Sasakawa, 2006 (Japan) * ''Jujiroa clarkei'' Deuve, 2004 (China) * ''Jujiroa dandosana'' Sasakawa, 2006 (Japan) * ''Jujiroa deharvengi'' Deuve, 2004 (Vietnam) * ''Jujiroa deliciola'' Ueno & Kishimoto, 2001 (China) * ''Jujiroa dracocephala'' Sasakawa, 2006 (Japan) * ''Jujiroa elongata'' Ueno, 1955 (Japan) * ''Jujiroa estriata'' Sasakawa, 2006 (Japan) * ''Jujiroa fujisana'' Sasakawa, 2006 (Japan) * ''Jujiroa ikezakii'' Nakane, 1989 (Japan) * ''Jujiroa imunada'' Ueno, 1993 (Japan) * ''Jujiroa inexpectata'' Tian & Fang, 2020 (China) * ''Jujiroa iolandae'' Vigna Taglianti, 1995 (China) * ''Jujiroa lingguanensis'' Deuve & Pütz, 2013 (China) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carabidae
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan 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 fore leg tibiae bearing a comb of hairs used for cleaning their antennae. Defensive secretions Typical for the ancient beetle suborder Adephaga to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
