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Mauroniscus Apicalis
''Mauroniscus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The ten known species of this genus are found in South America in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia Columbia may refer to: * Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in ..., Ecuador, and Peru. Species * '' Mauroniscus apicalis'' (Pic, 1910) * '' Mauroniscus boliviensis'' Majer, 1995 * '' Mauroniscus chiliensis'' Estrada & Solervicens, 2021Estrada, P. and J. Solervicens. 2021. Description of a new species of ''Mauroniscus'' Bourgeois, 1911 from Chile (Coleoptera: Mauroniscidae). Zootaxa 4915(1): 127-132. * '' Mauroniscus discipennis'' (Pic, 1910) * '' Mauroniscus germaini'' Majer, 1995 * '' Mauroniscus maculatus'' (Pic, 1927) * '' Mauroniscus roberti'' Bourgeois, 1911 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetles
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] |
