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Tetragonoderus Cursor
''Tetragonoderus cursor'' is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1886. References cursor Beetles described in 1886 {{Carabidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Walter Bates
Henry Walter Bates (8 February 1825, in Leicester – 16 February 1892, in London) was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace, starting in 1848. Wallace returned in 1852, but lost his collection on the return voyage when his ship caught fire. When Bates arrived home in 1859 after a full eleven years, he had sent back over 14,712 species (mostly of insects) of which 8,000 were (according to Bates, but see Van Wyhe) new to science. Bates wrote up his findings in his best-known work, ''The Naturalist on the River Amazons''. Life Bates was born in Leicester to a literate middle-class family. However, like Wallace, T.H. Huxley and Herbert Spencer, he had a normal education to the age of about 13 when he became apprenticed to a hosiery manufacturer. He joined the Mechanics' Institute (which had a library), studied in his spare t ... [...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] |
Carabidae
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families. They belong to the Adephaga. Members of the family are primarily carnivorous, but some members are phytophagous or omnivorous. Description and ecology Although their body shapes and coloring vary somewhat, most are shiny black or metallic and have ridged wing covers (elytra). The elytra are fused in some species, particularly the large Carabinae, rendering the beetles unable to fly. The species ''Mormolyce phyllodes'' is known as violin beetle due to their peculiarly shaped elytra. All carabids except the quite primitive flanged bombardier beetles (Paussinae) have a groove on their fore leg tibiae bearing a comb of hairs used for cleaning their antennae. Defensive secretions Typical for the ancient beetle suborder Adephaga to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species Description
A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have been described previously or are related. In order for species to be validly described, they need to follow guidelines established over time. Zoological naming requires adherence to the ICZN code, plants, the ICN, viruses ICTV, and so on. The species description often contains photographs or other illustrations of type material along with a note on where they are deposited. The publication in which the species is described gives the new species a formal scientific name. Some 1.9 million species have been identified and described, out of some 8.7 million that may actually exist. Millions more have become extinct throughout the existence of life on Earth. Naming process A name of a new species becomes valid (available in zo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetragonoderus
''Tetragonoderus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: * ''Tetragonoderus aegypticus'' Jedlicka, 1952 * ''Tetragonoderus aericollis'' Quedenfeldt, 1883 * ''Tetragonoderus andrewesi'' Emden, 1934 * ''Tetragonoderus arcuatus'' Dejean, 1829 * ''Tetragonoderus assamensis'' Jedlicka, 1964 * ''Tetragonoderus assuanensis'' Mjuberg, 1905 * ''Tetragonoderus babaulti'' Alluaud, 1931 * ''Tetragonoderus bastardi'' Alluaud, 1897 * ''Tetragonoderus bayeri'' Burgeon, 1936 * ''Tetragonoderus bilunatus'' Klug, 1833 * ''Tetragonoderus bivittatus'' Jeannel, 1949 * ''Tetragonoderus chalceus'' Chaudoir, 1876 * ''Tetragonoderus chaudoiri'' Liebke, 1928 * ''Tetragonoderus chilensis'' (Dejean, 1831) * ''Tetragonoderus cinchona'' Jedlicka, 1964 * ''Tetragonoderus columbicus'' Steinheil, 1875 * ''Tetragonoderus crux'' Dejean, 1829 * ''Tetragonoderus cursor'' Bates, 1886 * ''Tetragonoderus deuvei'' Shpeley & Ball, 2008 * ''Tetragonoderus dila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
