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Spintherophyta Nana
''Spintherophyta'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. Most species in the genus are found in Central and South America, but there are also a few North American species. Species These species belong to the genus ''Spintherophyta'': * '' Spintherophyta antennata'' ( Lefèvre, 1887) * ''Spintherophyta arizonensis'' Schultz, 1976 * '' Spintherophyta atroviolacea'' ( Jacoby, 1890) * ''Spintherophyta aurichalcea'' ( Germar, 1824) * ''Spintherophyta callida'' ( Bechyné, 1950) * ''Spintherophyta championi'' ( Jacoby, 1881) * ''Spintherophyta collaris'' ( Lefèvre, 1885) * ''Spintherophyta corrusca'' ( Lefèvre, 1877) * ''Spintherophyta cribricollis'' ( Lefèvre, 1889) * ''Spintherophyta cyanipennis'' ( Jacoby, 1890) * ''Spintherophyta diversicornis'' ( Jacoby, 1900) * ''Spintherophyta erythropoda'' ( Bechyné, 1953) * ''Spintherophyta exigua'' Schultz, 1976 * ''Spintherophyta festiva'' ( Lefèvre, 1877) * '' Spintherophyta flavipes'' ( Jacoby, 1881) * '' Spinth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean
Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean (10 August 1780 – 17 March 1845), was a French soldier and entomologist. Dejean described a large number of beetles in a series of catalogues. A soldier of fortune during the Napoleonic Wars, he rose to the rank of lieutenant general and ''aide de campe'' to Napoleon. He amassed vast collections of Coleoptera, some even collected on the battlefield at Waterloo. At the battle of Alcanizas he took time out of battle to pick up a beetle that he pinned on to cork on the inside of his helmet. After victory, he was pleased to find the beetle intact. He listed 22,399 species in his cabinets in 1837—at the time, the greatest collection of Coleoptera in the world. In 1802, he began publishing a catalogue of his vast collection, including 22,000 species names. Dejean was an opponent of the Principle of Priority in nomenclature. "''I have made it a rule always to preserve the name most generally used , and not the oldest one; because it seems t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |