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Perotis (beetle)
''Perotis'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ..., containing the following species: * '' Perotis aereiventris'' Reiche, 1861 * '' Perotis bruckmanni'' Heer, 1862 * '' Perotis chloranus'' (Laporte & Gory, 1836) * '' Perotis cupratus'' (Klug, 1829) * '' Perotis hausmanni'' Heyden, 1862 * '' Perotis laevigatus'' Massalogo, 1855 * '' Perotis lavateri'' Heer, 1847 * '' Perotis lugubris'' (Fabricius, 1777) * '' Perotis margotanus'' (Novak, 1983) * '' Perotis planidorsis'' Liskenne, 1994 * '' Perotis reditus'' Heyden, 1862 * '' Perotis striatus'' Spinola, 1837 * '' Perotis susannae'' (Novak, 1983) * '' Perotis unicolor'' (Olivier, 1790) * '' Perotis xerxes'' (Marseul, 1865) References Buprestidae genera {{Buprestida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae (ladybirds or ladybugs) eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops. Beetles typically have a particularly hard e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perotis Unicolor
''Perotis unicolor'', common name green jewel beetle, is a species of beetles belonging to the Buprestidae family. Distribution This species is present in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and in 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 .... Subspecies * ''Perotis unicolor igniventris'' Escalera, 1914 * ''Perotis unicolor unicolor'' (Olivier, 1790) References Fauna EuropaeaBiolibZipcodezoo Species identifier External links Buprestidae Beetles described in 1790 {{Buprestidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described. The larger and more spectacularly colored jewel beetles are highly prized by insect collectors. The elytra of some Buprestidae species have been traditionally used in beetlewing jewellery and decoration in certain countries in Asia, like India, Thailand and Japan. Description and ecology Shape is generally cylindrical or elongate to ovoid, with lengths ranging from , although most species are under . ''Catoxantha'', '' Chrysaspis'', ''Euchroma'' and ''Megaloxantha'' contain the largest species. A variety of bright colors are known, often in complicated patterns. The iridescence common to these beetles is not due to pigments in the exoskeleton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
