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Niponius Andrewesi
''Niponius'' is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae, the sole genus in the subfamily Niponiinae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Niponius''. Species These 24 species belong to the genus ''Niponius'': * ''Niponius andrewesi'' Lewis, 1893 * ''Niponius bicolor'' Gardner, 1935 * ''Niponius canalicollis'' Lewis, 1901 * ''Niponius foveicollis'' Lewis, 1913 * ''Niponius furcatus'' Lewis, 1885 * ''Niponius himalayensis'' Gardner, 1926 * ''Niponius impressicollis'' Lewis, 1885 * ''Niponius interstitialis'' Lewis, 1913 * ''Niponius magnus'' Sengupta & Pal, 1995 * ''Niponius obtusiceps'' Lewis, 1885 * ''Niponius osorioceps'' Lewis, 1885 * ''Niponius parvulus'' Lewis, 1893 * ''Niponius piceae'' Reichardt, 1933 * ''Niponius polinae'' Reichardt, 1936 * ''Niponius punjabensis'' Gardner, 1926 * ''Niponius simplicipygus'' Reichardt, 1938 * ''Niponius striaticeps'' Lewis, 1904 * ''Niponius substriatus'' Gardner, 1926 * ''Niponius tamanukii'' Kono, 1937 * ''Niponius tenu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lewis (coleopterist)
George Lewis (1839–1926), F.L.S., F.E.S., was an English entomologist. He was a specialist in Coleoptera. Lewis was born on 5 August 1839, the second son of the Rev. R. Cr. Lewis, first Vicar of St. John's, Blackheath, S.E. He was educated at the Blackheath Proprietary School. In 1862 he went to China for the tea trade and returned to England twenty years later, after also spending periods in Japan and Sri Lanka. He married Miss Julia Hunter, of Iiiuer Park Road, Wimbledon Common. Soon after his marriage in 1867, he spent several years traveling and collecting beetles in Japan, and he visited that country again in 1880. He also collected in Ceylon and Algiers. An ardent entomologist from boyhood, Lewis made important collections of beetles in the East, most of which were acquired by the British Museum. He authored numerous taxa, including 750 species in the family Histeridae (a tiny fraction being listehere and had been for many years the recognized authority on the beetles o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |