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Xuedytes
''Xuedytes bellus'' is a species of beetle found in Du'an, Guangxi Province, China and, , the only known species in the genus ''Xuedytes''. This species may be "the most extremely cave-adapted trechine" beetle in the world, morphologically adapted to life in the darkness of the caves of southern China. It lacks flight wings, eyes, and pigmentation. Its physical characteristics most resemble the beetle genera '' Giraffahaenops'' and ''Dongodytes ''Dongodytes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thierry Deuve in 1993. Species ''Dongodytes'' contains the following thirteen species: * ''Dongodytes baxian'' Tian, 2011 * ''Dongodytes brevipenis'' Tian, Yin & ...''. Like ''Giraffahaenops'', ''Xuedytes bellus'' has a thin and elongated body. However, its elytra are similar to those of ''Dongodytes''. The genus ''Xuedytes'' differs from both of the aforementioned genera in its prothorax, which is longer than its head, its narrow elytra, and the right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trechinae
Trechinae is a subfamily in the ground beetle family, Carabidae. Genera The subfamily includes the following genera: * '' Accoella'' Uéno, 1990 * '' Acheroniotes'' Lohai & Lakota, 2010 * '' Adriaphaenops'' Noesske, 1928 * '' Aepiblemus'' Belousov & Kabak, 1993 * '' Aepopsis'' Jeannel, 1922 * '' Aepus'' Leach, 1819 * '' Afrotachys'' Basilewsky, 1958 * '' Agonotrechus'' Jeannel, 1923 * '' Agostinia'' Jeannel, 1928 * '' Alanorites'' Belousov, 1998 * '' Albanotrechus'' Casale & V.B. Gueorguiev, 1994 * '' Allegrettia'' Jeannel, 1928 * '' Allotrechiama'' Uéno, 1970 * '' Amblystogenium'' Enderlein, 1905 * '' Amerizus'' Chaudoir, 1868 – including ''Gnatholymnaeum'' * '' Ameroduvalius'' Valentine, 1952 * '' Anchotrechus'' Jeannel, 1927 * '' Andinorites'' Mateu & Belles, 1980 * '' Andinotrechus'' Mateu, 1981 * '' Angustanillus'' Baehr & Main, 2016 * '' Anillidius'' Jeannel, 1928 * '' Anillinus'' Casey, 1918 * '' Anillodes'' Jeannel, 1963 * '' Anillopsidius'' Coiffait, 1969 * '' Anillo ... [...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] |
Guangxi
Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằng Province, Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn Province, Lạng Sơn, and Quảng Ninh Provinces) and the Gulf of Tonkin. Formerly a Provinces of China, province, Guangxi became an autonomous region in 1958. Its current capital is Nanning. Guangxi's location, in mountainous terrain in the far south of China, has placed it on the frontier of Chinese civilization throughout much of History of China, Chinese history. The current name "Guang" means "expanse" and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in 226 AD. It was given Administrative divisions of the Yuan dynasty, provincial level status during the Yuan dynasty, but ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dongodytes
''Dongodytes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thierry Deuve in 1993. Species ''Dongodytes'' contains the following thirteen species: * ''Dongodytes baxian'' Tian, 2011 * ''Dongodytes brevipenis'' Tian, Yin & Huang, 2014 * ''Dongodytes deharvengi'' Tian, 2011 * ''Dongodytes elongatus'' Tian, Yin & Huang, 2014 * ''Dongodytes fowleri'' Deuve, 1993 * ''Dongodytes giraffa'' Deuve, 2005 * ''Dongodytes grandis'' Ueno, 1998 * ''Dongodytes inexpectatus'' Tian, Yin & Huang, 2014 * ''Dongodytes jinzhuensis'' Tian, Yin & Huang, 2014 * ''Dongodytes lani'' Tian, Yin & Huang, 2014 * ''Dongodytes tonywhitteni'' Yang, Huang & Tian, 2018 * ''Dongodytes troglodytes'' Tian, Yin & Huang, 2014 * ''Dongodytes yaophilus'' Tian, Yin & Huang, 2014 References Trechinae {{Trechinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elytra
An elytron (; ; , ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes alternatively spelled as "hemielytra"), and in most species only the basal half is thickened while the apex is membranous, but when they are entirely thickened the condition is referred to as "coleopteroid". An elytron is sometimes also referred to as a shard. Description The elytra primarily serve as protective wing-cases for the hindwings underneath, which are used for flying. To fly, a beetle typically opens the elytra and then extends the hindwings, flying while still holding the elytra open, though many beetles in the families Scarabaeidae and Buprestidae can fly with the elytra closed (e.g., most Cetoniinae; ). In a number of groups, the elytra are reduced to various degrees, (e.g., the beetle families Staphylinidae and Ripiphoridae), or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monotypic Carabidae Genera
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispecific" or "monospecific" is sometimes preferred. In botanical nomenclature, a monotypic genus is a genus in the special case where a genus and a single species are simultaneously described. In contrast, an oligotypic taxon contains more than one but only a very few subordinate taxa. Examples Just as the term ''monotypic'' is used to describe a taxon including only one subdivision, the contained taxon can also be referred to as monotypic within the higher-level taxon, e.g. a genus monotypic within a family. Some examples of monotypic groups are: Plants * In the order Amborellales, there is only one family, Amborellaceae and there is only one genus, ''Amborella'', and in this genus there is only one species, namely ''Amborella trichopoda.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Fauna Of China
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insects Of China
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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetles Described In 2017
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 har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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