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Rhagonycha Campestris
''Rhagonycha campestris'' is a species of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America. References * Delkeskamp, Kurt (1977). "Cantharidae". ''Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 165, fasc. 1'', 485. Further reading * Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. * Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press. * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company. Cantharidae Beetles described in 1941 {{Elateroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animalia
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan. The Bilateria include the protostomes, containing animals such as nematodes, arthropods, flatworms, annelids and molluscs, and the deuterostomes, containing the echinode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthropoda
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arthropod cuticle, cuticle made of chitin, often Mineralization (biology), mineralised with calcium carbonate. The arthropod body plan consists of segments, each with a pair of appendages. Arthropods are bilaterally symmetrical and their body possesses an exoskeleton, external skeleton. In order to keep growing, they must go through stages of moulting, a process by which they shed their exoskeleton to reveal a new one. Some species have wings. They are an extremely diverse group, with up to 10 million species. The haemocoel, an arthropod's internal cavity, through which its haemolymph – analogue of blood – circulates, accommodates its interior Organ (anatomy), organs; it has an open circulatory system. Like their exteriors, the internal or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insecta
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. Their blood is not totally contained in vessels; some circulates in an open cavity known as the haemocoel. Insects are the most diverse group of animals; they include more than a million described species and represent more than half of all known living organisms. The total number of extant species is estimated at between six and ten million; In: potentially over 90% of the animal life forms on Earth are insects. Insects may be found in nearly all environments, although only a small number of species reside in the oceans, which are dominated by another arthropod group, crustaceans, which recent research has indicated insects are nested within. Nearly all insects hatch from eggs. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleoptera
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] |
Polyphaga
Polyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles. It comprises 144 families in 16 superfamilies, and displays an enormous variety of specialization and adaptation, with over 350,000 described species, or approximately 90% of the beetle species so far discovered. Key characteristics of Polyphaga are that the hind coxa (base of the leg) does not divide the first and second abdominal/ventral plates which are known as sternites. Also, the notopleural suture (found under the pronotal shield) is not present. Etymology The name of ''polyphaga'' is derived from two Greek words: , meaning 'many', and , meaning 'to eat', so the suborder is called the “eaters of many things”. Classification The five main infraorders are: * Bostrichiformia — including furniture beetles and skin beetles * Cucujiformia — includes lady beetles, longhorn beetles, weevils, checkered beetles and leaf beetles * Elateriformia — includes click beetles and fireflies * Scarabaeiformia — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elateroidea
The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives. It consists of about 25,000 species. Description Elateroidea is a morphologically diverse group, including hard-bodied beetles with 5 abdominal ventrites, soft-bodied beetles with 7-8 ventrites connected with membranes (formerly known as cantharoids), and beetles with intermediate forms. They have a range of sizes and colours, but in terms of shape, they are usually narrow and parallel-sided as adults. Many of the sclerotised elateroids (Cerophytidae, Eucnemidae, Throscidae, Elateridae) have a clicking mechanism. This is a peg on the prothorax which fits into a cavity in the mesothorax. When a click beetle bends its body, the peg snaps into the cavity, causing the beetle's body to straighten so suddenly that it jumps into the air. Most beetles capable of bioluminescence are in the Elateroidea, in the families Lampyridae (~2000 specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantharidae
The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the Red coat (British army), red coats of early British soldiers, hence the common name. They are also known commonly as leatherwings because of their soft elytron, elytra. Historically, these beetles were placed in a superfamily "Cantharoidea", which has been subsumed by the superfamily Elateroidea; the name is still sometimes used as a rankless grouping, including the families Cantharidae, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Omethidae (which includes Telegeusidae), Phengodidae, and Rhagophthalmidae. Soldier beetles often feed on both nectar and pollen as well as predating other small insects. The larvae are often active, velvety, often brightly-colored, and they feed on the ground, hunting snails and other small creatures. Evolutionary history The oldest described member of the family is ''Molliber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantharinae
Cantharinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 200 described species in Cantharinae. ;Taxonomic note: *Lawrence and Newton (1995) give the authorship of this subfamily as Imhoff, 1856 (1815). Tribes and genera Two tribes are accepted: Cantharini * '' Absidiella'' Wittmer, 1972 * '' Ancistronycha'' Märkel, 1852 * '' Atalantycha'' Kazantsev, 2005 * ''Cantharis'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Cultellunguis'' McKey-Fender, 1950 * '' Cyrtomoptera'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Hemipodistra'' Ganglbauer, 1922 * '' Pacificanthia'' Kazantsev, 2001 * '' Pseudoabsidia'' Wittmer, 1969 * ''Rhagonycha'' Eschscholtz, 1830 * '' Rhaxonycha'' Motschulsky, 1860 * †'' Burmomiles'' Fanti et al. 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †'' Elektrokleinia'' Ellenberger & Fanti, 2019 Burmese amber Myanmar, Cenomanian * †'' Myamalycocerus'' Fanti and Ellenberger 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †'' Molliberus'' Peris and Fanti 2018 Spanish amber, Albian * †'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantharini
Cantharini is a tribe of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are more than 40 genera and over 500 described species in Cantharini. Genera These 46 genera belong to the tribe Cantharini: * '' Ancistronycha'' Märkel, 1852 * '' Armidia'' Mulsant, 1862 * '' Atalantycha'' Kazantsev, 2005 * '' Bactrocantharis'' Barovskii, 1926 * '' Bactronycha'' Kazantsev, 2001 * '' Bisadia'' Wittmer, 1972 * '' Boveycantharis'' Wittmer, 1969 * ''Cantharis'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Cantharomorphus'' Fiori, 1914 * '' Cephalomalthinus'' Pic, 1921 * '' Cordicantharis'' Svihla, 1999 * '' Cratosilis'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Cultellunguis'' McKey-Fender, 1950 * '' Cyrebion'' Fairmaire, 1891 * '' Cyrtomoptera'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Falsopodabrus'' Pic, 1927 * '' Habronychus'' Wittmer, 1982 * '' Islamocantharis'' Wittmer & Magis, 1978 * '' Leiothorax'' Pinna, 1974 (decapod) * '' Lycocerus'' Gorham, 1889 * '' Malchinomorphus'' Pic, 1922 * '' Metacantharis'' Bourgeois, 1886 * '' Micropodabrus'' Pic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhagonycha
''Rhagonycha''von Eschscholtz JF (1830) Nova genera Coleopterorum Faunae Europaeae. ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' 2(1): 63–66. is a genus of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae. There are at least 140 described species recorded from Europe, North America and Japan, and thought to date from the Upper Eocene to recent periods. Subgenera and notable species ''BioLib'' lists two subgenera: * subgenus ''Rhagonycha'' Eschscholtz, 1830 ** ''Rhagonycha fulva'' (Scopoli, 1763) - the common red soldier beetle is the type species (as ''Cantharis fulva'' Scopoli, 1763, misidentified as ''C. melanura'' L., 1758) ** ''Rhagonycha testacea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) ** List of other ''Rhagonycha'' species * subgenus ''Ussurycha'' Kazantsev, 1995 (monotypic) ** ''Rhagonycha kazantsevi ''Rhagonycha''von Eschscholtz JF (1830) Nova genera Coleopterorum Faunae Europaeae. ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' 2(1): 63–6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
