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Metoecus
''Metoecus'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are at least five described species in ''Metoecus''. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Metoecus'': *''Metoecus javanus'' (Pic, 1913) *''Metoecus morawitzi'' *''Metoecus paradoxus'' (Linnaeus, 1761) *''Metoecus satanus'' (Schilder, 1924) *''Metoecus vespae'' (Kôno, 1927) References Ripiphoridae Tenebrionoidea genera {{Tenebrionoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metoecus Paradoxus
''Metoecus paradoxus'', also known as the wasp nest beetle and eyelash bug, is a species of ''Metoecus'' in the family Ripiphoridae. Description ''M. paradoxus'' measures approximately 10 mm in length. It has a dark head and body and paler, orange-coloured pointed elytron, elytra that do not completely cover the abdomen. It has feathery antennae. Biology and lifecycle ''M. paradoxus'' is primarily a parasitoid of ''Vespula vulgaris'' (the common wasp). Adult females lay eggs in decaying wood in autumn, which hatch in spring or summer. The first instar Planidium, triungulin clings to a ''V. vulgaris'' worker to be transported to the nest. Once at the nest, the larva parasitises a wasp larva – once the larva has closed the cell, the ''M. paradoxus'' larva consumes the host and pupates in its place. Adults emerge from late July to early October. The development from larva to adult takes less than one month. Adult beetles live for between 6 and 12 days and probably do not feed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metoecus Javanus
''Metoecus'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are at least five described species in ''Metoecus''. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Metoecus'': *'' Metoecus javanus'' (Pic, 1913) *'' Metoecus morawitzi'' *''Metoecus paradoxus ''Metoecus paradoxus'', also known as the wasp nest beetle and eyelash bug, is a species of ''Metoecus'' in the family Ripiphoridae. Description ''M. paradoxus'' measures approximately 10 mm in length. It has a dark head and body and paler, ...'' (Linnaeus, 1761) *'' Metoecus satanus'' (Schilder, 1924) *'' Metoecus vespae'' (Kôno, 1927) References Ripiphoridae Tenebrionoidea genera {{Tenebrionoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metoecus Morawitzi
''Metoecus'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are at least five described species in ''Metoecus''. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Metoecus'': *''Metoecus javanus'' (Pic, 1913) *'' Metoecus morawitzi'' *''Metoecus paradoxus ''Metoecus paradoxus'', also known as the wasp nest beetle and eyelash bug, is a species of ''Metoecus'' in the family Ripiphoridae. Description ''M. paradoxus'' measures approximately 10 mm in length. It has a dark head and body and paler, ...'' (Linnaeus, 1761) *'' Metoecus satanus'' (Schilder, 1924) *'' Metoecus vespae'' (Kôno, 1927) References Ripiphoridae Tenebrionoidea genera {{Tenebrionoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metoecus Satanus
''Metoecus'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are at least five described species in ''Metoecus''. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Metoecus'': *''Metoecus javanus'' (Pic, 1913) *''Metoecus morawitzi'' *''Metoecus paradoxus ''Metoecus paradoxus'', also known as the wasp nest beetle and eyelash bug, is a species of ''Metoecus'' in the family Ripiphoridae. Description ''M. paradoxus'' measures approximately 10 mm in length. It has a dark head and body and paler, ...'' (Linnaeus, 1761) *'' Metoecus satanus'' (Schilder, 1924) *'' Metoecus vespae'' (Kôno, 1927) References Ripiphoridae Tenebrionoidea genera {{Tenebrionoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metoecus Vespae
''Metoecus'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are at least five described species in ''Metoecus''. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Metoecus'': *''Metoecus javanus'' (Pic, 1913) *''Metoecus morawitzi'' *''Metoecus paradoxus'' (Linnaeus, 1761) *''Metoecus satanus ''Metoecus'' is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are at least five described species in ''Metoecus''. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Metoecus'': *''Metoecus javanus'' (Pic, 1913) *''Metoecus mor ...'' (Schilder, 1924) *'' Metoecus vespae'' (Kôno, 1927) References Ripiphoridae Tenebrionoidea genera {{Tenebrionoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedge-shaped Beetle
Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles". Ripiphoridae are unusual among beetle families in that many species are hypermetamorphic parasitoids, an attribute that they share with the Meloidae. Members of the family differ in their choice of hosts, but most attack various species of bees or wasps, while some others attack cockroaches or beetles. Many species of Ripiphoridae have abbreviated elytra, and flabellate or pectinate antennae. Biology The subfamily Ripiphorinae parasitise bees and wasps (Hymenoptera), while Ripidiinae parasitises cockroaches (Blattodea) and Pelecotominae parasitises larvae of wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera). Species that attack bees typically lay their eggs on flowers. There the eggs hatch almost immediately into small planidial larvae and lie in wait for a visiting host. The planidium mounts the bee and rides it back to the hive. There it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ripiphoridae
Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles". Ripiphoridae are unusual among beetle families in that many species are hypermetamorphic parasitoids, an attribute that they share with the Meloidae. Members of the family differ in their choice of hosts, but most attack various species of bees or wasps, while some others attack cockroaches or beetles. Many species of Ripiphoridae have abbreviated elytra, and flabellate or pectinate antennae. Biology The subfamily Ripiphorinae parasitise bees and wasps (Hymenoptera), while Ripidiinae parasitises cockroaches (Blattodea) and Pelecotominae parasitises larvae of wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera). Species that attack bees typically lay their eggs on flowers. There the eggs hatch almost immediately into small planidial larvae and lie in wait for a visiting host. The planidium mounts the bee and rides it back to the hive. There i ... [...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] |
