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Niptus Abditus
''Niptus'' is a genus of beetle present in the Australian region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. ''Niptus'' as it is currently described is polyphyly, polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera. Species include: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) *''Niptus abditus'' *''Niptus absconditus'' *''Niptus abstrusus'' *''Niptus arcanus'' *''Niptus giulianii'' *''Niptus hololeucus'' – golden spider beetle *''Niptus neotomae'' *''Niptus sleeperi'' *''Niptus ventriculus'' References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niptus Hololeucus
The golden spider beetle, ''Niptus hololeucus'', is a species of spider beetle in the family Ptinidae. Description ''Niptus hololeucus'' is 3–4.5mm in length. Its body is covered in silky golden hairs and fine scales. Habitat ''Niptus hololeucus'' may be a pest of a wide variety of cereal based food products. In 1981 an account of an infestation of these beetles was located in a roof void above offices in Rotherham, U.K. This was found to be due to wild pigeons which were nesting within the loft: the beetles and their larvae were feeding upon their waste matter. Distribution It is a temperate species originating in West Asia but now cosmopolitan. It is widespread across western Europe. A single record was first recorded in Iran in a cave 2014. ''N. hololeucus'' is one of the two species of ''Niptus'' to be found in caves. Gallery References Household pest insects Beetles described in 1836 Ptinidae {{Bostrichoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the historical Fertile Crescent, and later the Levant region. It also comprises Turkey (both Anatolia and East Thrace) and Egypt (mostly located in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula being in Asia). Despite having varying definitions within different academic circles, the term was originally applied to the maximum extent of the Ottoman Empire. According to the National Geographic Society, the terms ''Near East'' and ''Middle East'' denote the same territories and are "generally accepted as comprising the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian territories, Syria, and Turkey". In 1997, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niptus Sleeperi
''Niptus'' is a genus of beetle present in the Australian region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. ''Niptus'' as it is currently described is polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera. Species include: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) *'''' *'' Niptus absconditus'' *'' Niptus abstrusus'' *'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niptus Neotomae
''Niptus'' is a genus of beetle present in the Australian region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. ''Niptus'' as it is currently described is polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera. Species include: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) *'''' *'' Niptus absconditus'' *'' Niptus abstrusus'' *'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niptus Giulianii
''Niptus'' is a genus of beetle present in the Australian region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. ''Niptus'' as it is currently described is polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera. Species include: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) *'''' *'' Niptus absconditus'' *'' Niptus abstrusus'' *'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niptus Arcanus
''Niptus'' is a genus of beetle present in the Australian region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. ''Niptus'' as it is currently described is polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera. Species include: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) *'''' *'' Niptus absconditus'' *'' Niptus abstrusus'' *'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niptus Abstrusus
''Niptus'' is a genus of beetle present in the Australian region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. ''Niptus'' as it is currently described is polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera. Species include: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) *'''' *'' Niptus absconditus'' *'' Niptus abstrusus'' *'' |
Niptus Absconditus
''Niptus'' is a genus of beetle present in the Australian region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. ''Niptus'' as it is currently described is polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera. Species include: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) *'''' *'' Niptus absconditus'' *'''' *'' |
Niptus Abditus
''Niptus'' is a genus of beetle present in the Australian region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa. ''Niptus'' as it is currently described is polyphyly, polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera. Species include: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) *''Niptus abditus'' *''Niptus absconditus'' *''Niptus abstrusus'' *''Niptus arcanus'' *''Niptus giulianii'' *''Niptus hololeucus'' – golden spider beetle *''Niptus neotomae'' *''Niptus sleeperi'' *''Niptus ventriculus'' References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyphyly
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of convergent evolution. The arrangement of the members of a polyphyletic group is called a polyphyly .. ource for pronunciation./ref> It is contrasted with monophyly and paraphyly. For example, the biological characteristic of warm-bloodedness evolved separately in the ancestors of mammals and the ancestors of birds; "warm-blooded animals" is therefore a polyphyletic grouping. Other examples of polyphyletic groups are algae, C4 photosynthetic plants, and edentates. Many taxonomists aim to avoid homoplasies in grouping taxa together, with a goal to identify and eliminate groups that are found to be polyphyletic. This is often the stimulus for major revisions of the classification schemes. Researchers concerned more with ecology than with system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in the west, to Egypt's Suez Canal. Varying sources limit it to the countries of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, a region that was known by the French during colonial times as "''Afrique du Nord''" and is known by Arabs as the Maghreb ("West", ''The western part of Arab World''). The United Nations definition includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, and the Western Sahara, the territory disputed between Morocco and the Sahrawi Republic. The African Union definition includes the Western Sahara and Mauritania but not Sudan. When used in the term Middle East and North Africa (MENA), it often refers only to the countries of the Maghreb. North Africa includes the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, and plazas de s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America that are not in the Nearctic realm are Eastern Mexico, Southern Florida, coastal Central Florida, Central America, and the Caribbean islands, which, together with South America, are part of the Neotropical realm. Major ecological regions The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) divides the Nearctic into four bioregions, defined as "geographic clusters of ecoregions that may span several habitat types, but have strong biogeographic affinities, particularly at taxonomic levels higher than the species level (genus, family)." Canadian Shield The Canadian Shield bioregion extends across the northern portion of the continent, from the Aleutian Islands to Newfoundland. It includes the Nearctic's Arctic Tundra and Boreal forest ecoregions. In terms of flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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