Rhipicera
''Rhipicera'' is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Rhipiceridae. The larvae are parasitoids of cicada The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two ...s. Species All five species of the genus ''Rhipicera'' are closely related based on their morphological characters. *'' Rhipicera attenuata'' ; Western Australia *'' Rhipicera carinata'' ; Western Australia *'' Rhipicera femorata'' ; Eastern coast from southern Queensland to South Australia and Tasmania *'' Rhipicera mystacina'' ; Queensland *'' Rhipicera reichei'' ; Queensland Gallery Rhipicera sp.jpg, ''Rhipicera mystacina'' Feather horned beetle - Flickr - jeans Photos.jpg, ''Rhipicera carinata'' - male antennae Rhipicera carinata - Beetle - 1 of 2.jpg, ''Rhipicera carinata'' - Female Rhipicera carinata - Beetle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rhipicera Reichei
''Rhipicera'' is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Rhipiceridae. The larvae are parasitoids of cicadas. Species All five species of the genus ''Rhipicera'' are closely related based on their morphological characters. *''Rhipicera attenuata'' ; Western Australia *''Rhipicera carinata'' ; Western Australia *''Rhipicera femorata ''Rhipicera femorata'' is a species of beetle in the genus ''Rhipicera ''Rhipicera'' is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Rhipiceridae. The larvae are parasitoids of cicada The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of ins ...'' ; Eastern coast from southern Queensland to South Australia and Tasmania *'' Rhipicera mystacina'' ; Queensland *'' Rhipicera reichei'' ; Queensland Gallery Rhipicera sp.jpg, ''Rhipicera mystacina'' Feather horned beetle - Flickr - jeans Photos.jpg, ''Rhipicera carinata'' - male antennae Rhipicera carinata - Beetle - 1 of 2.jpg, ''Rhipicera carinata'' - Female Rhipicera carinata - Beetle 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rhipicera Attenuata
''Rhipicera'' is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Rhipiceridae. The larvae are parasitoids of cicadas. Species All five species of the genus ''Rhipicera'' are closely related based on their morphological characters. *''Rhipicera attenuata'' ; Western Australia *''Rhipicera carinata'' ; Western Australia *''Rhipicera femorata'' ; Eastern coast from southern Queensland to South Australia and Tasmania *''Rhipicera mystacina'' ; Queensland *''Rhipicera reichei'' ; Queensland Gallery Rhipicera sp.jpg, ''Rhipicera mystacina'' Feather horned beetle - Flickr - jeans Photos.jpg, ''Rhipicera carinata'' - male antennae Rhipicera carinata - Beetle - 1 of 2.jpg, ''Rhipicera carinata'' - Female Rhipicera carinata - Beetle 2.jpg, ''Rhipicera carinata'' - Male Rhipicera carinata - Feather Horned Beetle 3.jpg, ''Rhipicera carinata'' Rhicpicera femorata - feather horned Beetle - Feb 2022 - Werrington - 3.jpg, ''Rhipicera femorata'' References External links * {{polyph ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rhipiceridae
Rhipiceridae is a family of beetles found worldwide. The larva of rhipicerids are parasitoids of cicada nymphs. Rhipiceridae and Dascillidae form the super family Dascilloidea, within the Elateriformia. Taxonomic History The taxonomic history of Rhipiceridae began with J. Fabricius who described ''Hispa mystacina'' in 1775, which was later included in the new genus ''Rhipicera'' by Latreille (1817) who rightly noticed that the Fabrician species did not belong to ''Hispa'' and placed it in the tribe ‘Cebrionites’ along with ''Cebrio'', ''Dascillus'' and ''Scirtes''. Since then W. Kirby, J. O. Westwood and others described several new species of ''Rhipicera'' from Australia and South America. Subfamilies and Distribution Rhipiceridae includes seven genera and about a hundred described species divided into two subfamilies, Rhipicerinae and Sandalinae. Sandalinae include most of the species and are known from North and South America, Africa, south-eastern Europe and Asia, whil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rhipicera Carinata
''Rhipicera carinata'' is a species of beetle in the genus ''Rhipicera ''Rhipicera'' is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Rhipiceridae. The larvae are parasitoids of cicada The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenor ...''. Taxonomic History This species was first described in 2013. The species epithet has been derived from the Latin "carinatus", keel shaped, in reference to the median longitudinal frontal carina. ''R. carinata'' closely resembles ''R. reichei'' but differs in the black femora and vertex usually bearing longitudinal ridge. Distribution It is widely distributed and common in Western Australia and less common in South Australia. Gallery Rhipicera carinata - 8.jpg Rhipicera carinata - beetle.jpg Rhipicera carinata - beetle 2.jpg Rhipicera carinata - Beetle.jpg Feather horned beetle - Flickr - jeans Photos.jpg, antennae Rhipicera carinata - beetle 3.jpg, B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rhipicera Femorata
''Rhipicera femorata'' is a species of beetle in the genus ''Rhipicera ''Rhipicera'' is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Rhipiceridae. The larvae are parasitoids of cicada The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenor ...''. Distribution ''Rhipicera femorata'' has been collected along the eastern coast of Australia, from Tasmania to southern Queensland and South Australia, on sandy swamplands and immediate environs, which include sedges, grasses and other swampy land trees. References Beetles of Australia Beetles described in 1819 Polyphaga {{polyphaga-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rhipicera Mystacina
''Rhipicera mystacina'' is a species of beetle in the genus ''Rhipicera ''Rhipicera'' is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Rhipiceridae. The larvae are parasitoids of cicada The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenor ...''. Description ''Rhipicera mystacina'' is diagnosed from related species by the reddish brown colour and the dense and white adpressed setae covering most of the pronotum. Distribution ''Rhipicera mystacina'' can be found in the northern and central parts of Queensland. References Beetles of Australia Beetles described in 1775 Polyphaga {{polyphaga-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable strategy, evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, strategies range from living inside the host (''endoparasitism''), allowing it to continue growing before emerging as an adult, to Paralysis, paralysing the host and living outside it (''ectoparasitism''). Hosts can include other parasitoids, resulting in hyperparasitism; in the case of oak galls, up to five levels of parasitism are possible. Some parasitoids Behavior-altering parasite, influence their host's behaviour in ways that favour the propagation of the parasitoid. Parasitoids are found in a variety of Taxon, taxa across the insect superorder Endopterygota, whose compl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cicada
The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two families, the Tettigarctidae, with two species in Australia, and the Cicadidae, with more than 3,000 species described from around the world; many species remain undescribed. Cicadas have prominent eyes set wide apart, short antennae, and membranous front wings. They have an exceptionally loud song, produced in most species by the rapid buckling and unbuckling of drumlike tymbals. The earliest known fossil Cicadomorpha appeared in the Upper Permian period; extant species occur all around the world in temperate to tropical climates. They typically live in trees, feeding on watery sap from xylem tissue, and laying their eggs in a slit in the bark. Most cicadas are cryptic. The vast majority of species are active during the day as adults, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beetles Of Australia
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 exoske ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |