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Lucanus Capreolus
''Lucanus capreolus'', the reddish-brown stag beetle or pinching beetle, is a beetle of the family Lucanidae. The specific name ''capreolus'' is derived from Latin, meaning "roe deer" (''capreolus'' literally means "little goat"). The name refers to the resemblance of the mandibles to deer antlers. Description A relatively large lucanid beetle of the genus ''Lucanus'', the male has long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The larvae are found in the trunks of old trees, feeding on the inner wood. It is dark reddish brown with smooth, shiny elytra (“wing cases”); the femora are orange brown. Males have much larger jaws than females. Jaws of males are not as large as those of ''Lucanus elaphus''. The smaller '' L. placidus'' has two or more teeth on its jaws and has dark femora. It is 22–35 mm long. The species was originally described by Carl Linnaeus as ''Scarabaeus capreolus'' in his 1763 ''Centuria Insectorum''. (orig. comb.). Other known synonyms are: *''L. dam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deciduous Forest
In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit. The antonym of ''deciduous'' in the botanical sense is evergreen. Generally, the term "deciduous" means "the dropping of a part that is no longer needed or useful" and the "falling away after its purpose is finished". In plants, it is the result of natural processes. "Deciduous" has a similar meaning when referring to animal parts, such as deciduous antlers in deer, deciduous teeth (baby teeth) in some mammals (including humans); or decidua, the uterine lining that sheds off after birth. Botany In botany and horticulture, deciduous plants, including trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials, are those that lose all of their leaves for part of the year. This process is called abscission. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetles Described In 1763
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 exoske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucanus (beetle)
''Lucanus'' is a genus of stag beetles (Lucanidae). List of species * '' Lucanus adelmae'' Zilioli, 2003 * '' Lucanus angusticornis'' Didier, 1925 * '' Lucanus atratus'' Hope, 1831 * '' Lucanus aunsani'' Zilioli, 2000 * '' Lucanus barbarossa'' Fabricius, 1801 * '' Lucanus brivoi'' Zilioli, 2003 * '' Lucanus cantori'' Hope, 1842 * '' Lucanus capreolus'' (Linnaeus, 1763) - pinching bug * ''Lucanus cervus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - European stag beetle * '' Lucanus confusus'' (Boucher, 1994) * '' Lucanus cyclommatoides'' Didier, 1928 * '' Lucanus datunensis'' Hashimoto, 1984 * '' Lucanus delavayi'' Fairmaire, 1887 * '' Lucanus dohertyi'' Boileau, 1911 * ''Lucanus elaphus'' (Fabricius, 1775) - giant stag beetle * '' Lucanus fairmairei'' Planet, 1897 * '' Lucanus ferriei'' Planet, 1898 * '' Lucanus formosanus'' Planet, 1899 * '' Lucanus fortunei'' Saunders, 1854 * '' Lucanus fryi'' Boileau, 1911 * '' Lucanus fukinukiae'' Katsura, 2002 * '' Lucanus gamunus'' Sawada & Watanabe, 1960 * '' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopædia Britannica
The (Latin for "British Encyclopædia") is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It is published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; the company has existed since the 18th century, although it has changed ownership various times through the centuries. The encyclopaedia is maintained by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edition. Since 2016, it has been published exclusively as an online encyclopaedia. Printed for 244 years, the ''Britannica'' was the longest running in-print encyclopaedia in the English language. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, as three volumes. The encyclopaedia grew in size: the second edition was 10 volumes, and by its fourth edition (1801–1810) it had expanded to 20 volumes. Its rising stature as a scholarly work helped recruit eminent con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxonomy Of Lucanidae
The Lucanidae are a family of beetles that include the stag beetles. The family can be further subdivided in a taxonomy. The classification presented here follows Smith (2006), with the exception of the tribal classification within the Lucaninae. Subfamily Aesalinae Subfamily Aesalinae :Tribe Aesalini ::Genus '' Aesalus'' ( Fabricius, 1801) :::*'' Aesalus asiaticus'' Lewis, 1883 :::*'' Aesalus himalayicus'' Kurosawa, 1985 :::*'' Aesalus imanishii'' Inahara & Ratti, 1991 :::*'' Aesalus meridionalis'' Bartolozzi, 1989 :::*'' Aesalus neotropicalis'' Bates, 1886 :::*'' Aesalus saburoi'' :::*'' Aesalus sawaii'' Fujita & Ichikawa, 1985 :::*'' Aesalus scarabaeoides'' Panzer, 1793 :::*'' Aesalus sichuanensis'' :::*'' Aesalus smithi'' Bates, 1889 :::*'' Aesalus trogoides'' Albers, 1883 :::*'' Aesalus ulanowskii'' Ganglbauer, 1886 ::Genus '' Cretaesalus'' (fossil) ::Genus '' Echinoaesalus'' Zelenka, 1993 :::*'' Echinoaesalus barriesi'' (Zelenka, 1993) :::*'' Echinoaesalus hidakai'' (Araya, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucanus Cervus
''Lucanus cervus'', known as the European stag beetle, or the greater stag beetle, is one of the best-known species of stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in Western Europe, and is the eponymous example of the genus. ''L. cervus'' is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List. Taxonomy ''Lucanus cervus'' is situated in the genus ''Lucanus'' within the family Lucanidae. In the genus there are two subgenera: ''Lucanus'' Scopoli, 1763 and ''Pseudolucanus'' Hope and Westwood, 1845. The species ''L. cervus'' contains four subspecies. The nominate subspecies ''L. cervus cervus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) was established via the original description of the species in 1758. The three latterly added subspecies are ''L. cervus judaicus'' Planet, 1900, ''L. cervus laticornis'' Deyrolle, 1864, and ''L. cervus turcicus'' Sturm, 1843. ''L. cervus akbesianus'' 1896 Description Sexually dimorphic, the males have enlarged mandibles and are larger than the females. Although the male's mandibles seem thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucanus Placidus
''Lucanus placidus'' is a beetle of the family Lucanidae Stag beetles are a family of about 1,200 species of beetles in the family Lucanidae, currently classified in four subfamilies.Smith, A.B.T. (2006). A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections .... placidus Beetles described in 1825 {{Lucanidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centuria Insectorum
The first page of ''Centuria Insectorum'', as included in ''Amoenitates Academicæ'' ' (Latin, "one hundred insects") is a 1763 taxonomic work by Carl Linnaeus, and defended as a thesis by Boas Johansson; which of the two men should for taxonomic purposes be credited with its authorship has been the subject of some controversy. It includes descriptions of 102 new insect and crustacean species that had been sent to Linnaeus from British America, Suriname, Java and other locations. Most of the new names included in ''Centuria Insectorum'' are still in use, although a few have been sunk into synonymy, and one was the result of a hoax: a common brimstone butterfly with spots painted on was described as the new "species" ''Papilio ecclipsis''. Publications The contents of the work were published twice, under two slightly different titles. ' ("one hundred rare insects") was published as a standalone thesis, while ' was published as part of Linnaeus' series of ' ("academic delights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucanus Elaphus
''Lucanus elaphus'', the giant stag beetle or elephant stag beetle, is a beetle of the family Lucanidae native to eastern North America. They are sometimes kept as pets. Etymology Elaphus in Greek means "deer". Compare with the Red Deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of wes ... (''Cervus elaphus''), 'cervus' meaning 'deer' in Latin. Gallery Image:Lucanus elaphus variation sjh.jpg, Differences in size of ''Lucanus elaphus'' File:Adult female Lucanus elaphus324.JPG, Adult female ''Lucanus elaphus'', 29 millimeters long File:Giant Stag Beetle - Lucanus elaphus ♂ (47933063087).jpg, Adult male ''Lucanus elaphus'' File:Lucanus elaphus 142395083.jpg, Mandibles of male ''Lucanus elaphus'' File:29mm adult female Lucanus elaphus.JPG, Adult female ''Lucanus elaphus'', 29 millim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elytron
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), o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
