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Pericoptus
''Pericoptus'' is a genus of large scarab beetles found in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... As many as five species are recognized. Species * '' Pericoptus frontalis'' * '' Pericoptus nitidulus'' * '' Pericoptus punctatus'' * '' Pericoptus stupidus'' * '' Pericoptus truncatus'' References * https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio23Tuat01-t1-body-d1.html * Brown, J. G. (1967). Notes and records of New Zealand Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand Entomologist 3:42–50. * Crumpton, W. J. (1974). Eugregarines from the larva of the sand scarab (Pericoptus truncatus Fabricius; Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4:319–326. * Dale, P. S. (1956). The sand scarab, Pericoptus. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Canterbury. New Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pericoptus Truncatus
''Pericoptus truncatus'' is a large sand scarab beetle. It is native to New Zealand and is found on beaches throughout New Zealand. Its Māori name is ngungutawa. The adult spends the daylight hours buried in the sand, emerging at night to fly noisily around in search of mates and food. It leaves obvious trails in the sand when walking around. The female lays eggs deep in the sand and the large white grubs can often be found under driftwood, though they feed on roots of dune plants. Description Thomas Broun described the species as follows: Distribution and habitat ''Pericoptus truncatus'' lives in sandy shore areas where driftwood is present, from Ninety Mile beach to Surat Bay, near Bluff. The beetle and its larvae inhabit the area extending from above the high tide mark and including the dunes fronting the beach. They do not seem to occur in dunes found further inland. The larvae, pupae and adults are common amongst the roots of marram grass and under or withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pericoptus Nitidulus
''Pericoptus'' is a genus of large scarab beetles found in New Zealand. As many as five species are recognized. Species * '' Pericoptus frontalis'' * '' Pericoptus nitidulus'' * '' Pericoptus punctatus'' * '' Pericoptus stupidus'' * ''Pericoptus truncatus ''Pericoptus truncatus'' is a large sand scarab beetle. It is native to New Zealand and is found on beaches throughout New Zealand. Its Māori name is ngungutawa. The adult spends the daylight hours buried in the sand, emerging at night to fl ...'' References * https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio23Tuat01-t1-body-d1.html * Brown, J. G. (1967). Notes and records of New Zealand Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand Entomologist 3:42–50. * Crumpton, W. J. (1974). Eugregarines from the larva of the sand scarab (Pericoptus truncatus Fabricius; Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4:319–326. * Dale, P. S. (1956). The sand scarab, Pericoptus. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Canterbury. New Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pericoptus Stupidus
''Pericoptus'' is a genus of large scarab beetles found in New Zealand. As many as five species are recognized. Species * '' Pericoptus frontalis'' * ''Pericoptus nitidulus'' * '' Pericoptus punctatus'' * '' Pericoptus stupidus'' * ''Pericoptus truncatus ''Pericoptus truncatus'' is a large sand scarab beetle. It is native to New Zealand and is found on beaches throughout New Zealand. Its Māori name is ngungutawa. The adult spends the daylight hours buried in the sand, emerging at night to fl ...'' References * https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio23Tuat01-t1-body-d1.html * Brown, J. G. (1967). Notes and records of New Zealand Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand Entomologist 3:42–50. * Crumpton, W. J. (1974). Eugregarines from the larva of the sand scarab (Pericoptus truncatus Fabricius; Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4:319–326. * Dale, P. S. (1956). The sand scarab, Pericoptus. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Canterbury. New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pericoptus Punctatus
''Pericoptus punctatus'' is a sand scarab beetle that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a smaller and similar New Zealand scarab beetle species to ''Pericoptus truncatus''. This beetle can be found in sandy coastal areas throughout New Zealand. The adult beetle is nocturnal and obtains the size of approximately 16 – 22 mm in length. It normally spends the daylight hours buried under sand or vegetation such as Marram grass or driftwood. It can fly and is likely to be attracted to lights in the evening. Taxonomy This species was originally described by Adam White and named ''Cheiroplatys punctatus'' in ''The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Erebus & HMS Terror'' in 1846 from a specimen collected by Percy William Earl and obtained from him during the Ross expedition. The type specimen for this species was collected in Waikouaiti and is held at the Natural History Museum, London The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pericoptus Frontalis
''Pericoptus frontalis'' is a sand scarab native to New Zealand which inhabits sandy river banks and sandbars in inland Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg .... It was first described by Thomas Broun in 1904. The European hedgehog is a predator of ''P. frontalis''. References External linksImage of ''P. frontalis'' Dynastinae Beetles of New Zealand Endemic fauna of New Zealand Beetles described in 1904 Taxa named by Thomas Broun Endemic insects of New Zealand {{Dynastinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynastinae
Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – include Hercules beetles, unicorn beetles or horn beetles. Over 1500 species and 225 genera of rhinoceros beetles are known. Many rhinoceros beetles are well known for their unique shapes and large sizes. Some famous species are, for example, the Atlas beetle (''Chalcosoma atlas''), common rhinoceros beetle (''Xylotrupes ulysses''), elephant beetle (''Megasoma elephas''), European rhinoceros beetle (''Oryctes nasicornis''), Hercules beetle (''Dynastes hercules''), Japanese rhinoceros beetle or ''kabutomushi'' (''Allomyrina dichotoma''), ox beetle (''Strategus aloeus'') and the Eastern Hercules beetle (''Dynastes tityus''). Description and ecology The Dynastinae are among the largest of beetles, reaching more than in length, but are completely harmless to humans because they cannot bite or sting. So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Burmeister
Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (also known as Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister) (15 January 1807 – 2 May 1892) was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botany, botanist, and coleopterologist. He served as a professor at the University of Halle, headed the museum there and published the ''Handbuch der Entomologie'' (1832–1855) before moving to Argentina where he worked until his death. Career Burmeister was born in Stralsund, where his father was a customs officer. He studied medicine at University of Greifswald, Greifswald (1825–1827) and Halle (Saale), Halle (1827–1829), and in 1830 went to Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin to qualify himself to be a teacher of natural history. His dissertation was titled ''De insectorum systemate naturali'' and graduated as a doctor of medicine on November 4, 1829 and then received a doctor of philosophy on December 19 in the same year. He then joined for military service in Berlin and Grünberg (Silesia). He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several subfamilies have been elevated to family rank (e.g., Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaresidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae, and Pleocomidae), and some reduced to lower ranks. The subfamilies listed in this article are in accordance with those in Bouchard (2011). Description Scarabs are stout-bodied beetles, many with bright metallic colours, measuring between . They have distinctive, clubbed antennae composed of plates called lamellae that can be compressed into a ball or fanned out like leaves to sense odours. Many species are fossorial, with legs adapted for digging. In some groups males (and sometimes females) have prominent horns on the head and/or pronotum to fight over mates or resources. The largest fossil scaraba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
