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Metius Harpaloides
''Metius harpaloides'' is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by John Curtis in 1839. References Metius (genus) Beetles described in 1839 {{Metius-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curtis (entomologist)
John Curtis (3 September 1791 – 6 October 1862) was an English entomologist and illustrator. Biography Curtis was born in Norwich to Frances and Charles Morgan Curtis. Charles Morgan died before his son had reached the age of 4 years. His mother, Frances, had a passion for flowers and was a professional flower grower. She encouraged her son to study natural history with a young local naturalist, Richard Walker (1791–1870). At the age of 16 John became an apprentice at a local lawyer's office in Norwich but devoted his spare time to studying and drawing insects and, with insect collecting becoming a growing craze, he found he could make a living selling the specimens he found. At this time he became a friend of Simon Wilkin (1790–1862) a wealthy landowner in Norfolk, eventually leaving his job to live with Wilkin at Cossey Hall where the extensive natural history library and specimen collection afforded him the opportunity to study his emerging over-riding passion, entomo ... [...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] |
Pterostichinae
Pterostichinae is a subfamily of ground beetles (family Carabidae). It belongs to the advanced harpaline assemblage, and if these are circumscribed ''sensu lato'' as a single subfamily, Pterostichinae are downranked to a tribe Pterostichini. However, as the former Pterostichitae supertribe of the Harpalinae as loosely circumscribed does seem to constitute a lineage rather distinct from '' Harpalus'', its core group is here considered to be the present subfamily and the Harpalinae are defined more narrowly. They are usually mid-sized and rather stout ground beetles. Coloration is typically dark and without conspicuous patterns, but often with a strong sheen like polished metal. They are widely distributed and inhabit a wide range of terrestrial habitats. Unlike the more basal ground beetles which only eat small animals, the Pterostichinae include a large proportion of omnivorous or even herbivorous taxa. Systematics This group includes the following tribes and genera: Tribe A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metius (genus)
''Metius'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: * '' Metius aeneus'' (Dejean, 1831) * '' Metius andicola'' (Dejean, 1831) * '' Metius annulicornis'' Curtis, 1839 * '' Metius apicalis'' Straneo, 1986 * '' Metius auratoides'' Straneo, 1986 * '' Metius blandus'' (Dejean, 1828) * '' Metius bolivianus'' Straneo, 1951 * '' Metius bonariensis'' (Putzeys, 1875) * '' Metius brunnescens'' Straneo, 1951 * '' Metius canotae'' Steinheil, 1869 * '' Metius carnifex'' (Dejean, 1828) * '' Metius caudatus'' (Putzeys, 1875) * '' Metius chilensis'' (Dejean, 1831) * '' Metius circumfusus'' (Germar, 1824) * '' Metius confusus'' Straneo, 1951 * '' Metius constrictus'' Straneo, 1951 * '' Metius cordatulus'' Straneo, 1951 * '' Metius cordatus'' (Putzeys, 1875) * '' Metius eurypterus'' (Putzeys, 1875) * '' Metius femoratus'' (Dejean, 1828) * '' Metius flavipes'' (Dejean, 1828) * '' Metius flavipleuris'' Straneo, 1951 * '' Metius foveolatus'' (Putzeys, 1875) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
