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Coleoptera In The 10th Edition Of Systema Naturae
In the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', Carl Linnaeus classified the arthropods, including insects, arachnids and crustaceans, among his class "Insecta". Insects with hardened wing covers (beetles, earwigs and orthopteroid insects) were brought together under the name Coleoptera. ''Scarabaeus'' (Scarabaeidae, scarab beetles) *''Scarabaeus hercules'' – male of ''Dynastes hercules'' *''Scarabaeus actaeon'' – ''Megasoma actaeon'' *''Scarabaeus simson'' – ''Strategus simson'' *''Scarabaeus atlas'' – ''Chalcosoma atlas'' *''Scarabaeus aloëus'' – ''Strategus aloeus'' *''Scarabaeus typhoeus'' – ''Typhaeus typhoeus'' *''Scarabaeus nasicornis'' – ''Oryctes nasicornis'' *''Scarabaeus lunaris'' – ''Copris lunaris'' *''Scarabaeus cylindricus'' – ''Sinodendron cylindricum'' *''Scarabaeus carnifex'' – ''Phanaeus carnifex'' *''Scarabaeus rhinoceros'' – ''Oryctes rhinoceros'' *''Scarabaeus molossus'' – ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strategus Simson
''Strategos'', plural ''strategoi'', Latinized ''strategus'', ( el, στρατηγός, pl. στρατηγοί; Doric Greek: στραταγός, ''stratagos''; meaning "army leader") is used in Greek to mean military general. In the Hellenistic world and the Eastern Roman Empire the term was also used to describe a military governor. In the modern Hellenic Army, it is the highest officer rank. Etymology ''Strategos'' is a compound of two Greek words: ''stratos'' and ''agos''. ''Stratos'' (στρατός) means "army", literally "that which is spread out", coming from the proto-Indo-European root *stere- "to spread". ''Agos'' (ἀγός) means "leader", from ''agein'' (ἄγειν) "to lead", from the proto-Ιndo-Εuropean root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move”. Classical Greece Athens In its most famous attestation, in Classical Athens, the office of ''strategos'' existed already in the 6th century BC, but it was only with the reforms of Cleisthenes in 501 BC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catharsius Molossus
''Catharsius molossus'' is a species of dung beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. Description ''Catharsius molossus'' can reach a length of about in the females, about in males. This species is completely black, the body is short and convex, quite hairy on the ventral side and usually with a short conical horn in the centre of the head of the males. Pronotum is densely granulated and elytra are finely striated. It is used in traditional Chinese medicine for detoxification, swelling and constipation. Distribution ''Catharsius molossus'' is one of the most widespread and abundant coprophagous species in tropical Asian regions. It occurs in the Palearctic realm (Afghanistan, Nepal, Sikkim, China, Taiwan), and in the Oriental realm (India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Timor, and Flores Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Including the Komodo Islands off its west coast (but ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oryctes Rhinoceros
The Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, coconut rhinoceros beetle or coconut palm rhinoceros beetle, (''Oryctes rhinoceros'') is a species of rhinoceros beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ''O. rhinoceros'' attacks the developing fronds of raffia, coconut, oil, and other palms in tropical Asia and a number of Pacific islands. Damaged fronds show typical triangular cuts.p.355, "The damaged frongs show characteristic V- or wedge-shaped cuts as they unfold, reducing the photosynthetic area (Supplemental Figure 7). The beetle kills the palms (particularly newly planted ones) when the growing point is destroyed during feeding. They also infest dead trunk debris. Biology This large species has an average length of about 33 to 40 mm. Adults are dark brown to black in color with shiny dorsum. Head with a prominent horn. Male has longer horn than the female. Male is characterized by a rounded, shiny terminal abdominal segment whereas female has a relatively hairier 'tail'. There are two tuber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acta Zoológica Mexicana
''Acta Zoológica Mexicana'' is a Mexican peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of terrestrial zoology. It was established in July 1955 by the ''Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional'' (National School of Biological Sciences, National Polytechnic Institute),"''Acta Zoológica Mexicana: Revista Internacional de Fauna Terrestre''" Instituto de Ecología (Mexico) and taken over in 1966 by the ''Museo de Historia Natural de la Ciudad de México'' (Natural History Museum in Mexico City), which published it from 1966 to 1971, the last issue being volume 10, number 4. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinodendron Cylindricum
The rhinoceros stag beetle (''Sinodendron cylindricum''), also known as the horned stag beetle, or simply the rhinoceros beetle, is a species of stag beetle native to Europe. It is characterised by a clear sexual dimorphism. Description The beetles reach a body length of 12 to 16 millimeters and have a very shiny, black body, sometimes with turquoise sheen. Despite being in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles), they look rather like true rhinoceros beetles, which are well known for their rhinoceros-like horn. The body is cylindrical and the elytra and thorax have distinct rows of pits and grooves. The males have a well-developed horn on their heads, which is significantly smaller in the females. In addition, the cavities on the pronotum in the female are much shallower than the distinct cavities in the male. The larvae are white and soft with brown heads. Distribution and habitat With the exception of southwestern Spain and Portugal and northern Scandinavia, the species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zootaxa
''Zootaxa'' is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press (Auckland, New Zealand). The journal was established by Zhi-Qiang Zhang in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week. From 2001 to 2020, more than 60,000 new species have been described in the journal accounting for around 25% of all new taxa indexed in The Zoological Record in the last few years. Print and online versions are available. Temporary suspension from JCR The journal exhibited high levels of self-citation and its journal impact factor of 2019 was suspended from ''Journal Citation Reports'' in 2020, a sanction which hit 34 journals in total. Biologist Ross Mounce noted that high levels of self-citation may be inevitable for a journal which publishes a large share of new species classification. Later that year this decision was reversed and it was admitted that levels of self-citation are appropriate considering the large proportion of papers f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copris Lunaris
''Copris'' is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Coprini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the scarab family. It comprises more than 250 tunnelling species and has an almost worldwide distribution. Species Gallery Copris arizonensis - Dung Beetle.jpg, ''C. arizonensis'' Schaeffer, 1906 Copris elphenor Klug, 1855 male (4012106288).jpg, ''C. elphenor'' Klug, 1855 Copris fidius 001249-2.jpg, ''C. fidius'' (Olivier, 1789) Copris hispanus.jpg, ''C. hispanus'' (Linnaeus, 1764) Copris incertus male.jpg, ''C. incertus'' Say, 1835 Copris lunaris. MHNT.jpg, ''C. lunaris'' (Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ..., 1758) Copris magicus Harold, 1881 male (4856448521).jpg, ''C. magicus'' Harold, 1881 Copris ochus Motschulsky, 1860 male (4510276029).jpg, ''C. ochus'' Motschu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauna Europaea
Fauna Europaea is a database of the scientific names and distribution of all living multicellular European land and fresh-water animals. It serves as a standard taxonomic source for animal taxonomy within the Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure (PESI). , Fauna Europaea reported that their database contained 235,708 taxon names and 173,654 species names. Its construction was initially funded by the European Council (2000–2004). The project was co-ordinated by the University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ... which launched the first version in 2004, after which the database was transferred to the Natural History Museum Berlin in 2015. References External links Fauna Europaea [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oryctes Nasicornis
The European rhinoceros beetle (''Oryctes nasicornis'') is a large flying beetle belonging to the subfamily Dynastinae. Subspecies * ''Oryctes nasicornis afghanistanicus'' Endrödi, 1938 * ''Oryctes nasicornis chersonensis'' Minck, 1915 * ''Oryctes nasicornis corniculatus'' Villa & Villa, 1833 * ''Oryctes nasicornis edithae'' Endrödi, 1938 * ''Oryctes nasicornis grypus'' (Illiger, 1803) * ''Oryctes nasicornis hindenburgi'' Minck, 1915 * ''Oryctes nasicornis holdhausi'' Minck, 1914 * ''Oryctes nasicornis illigeri'' Minck, 1915 * ''Oryctes nasicornis kuntzeni'' Minck, 1914 * ''Oryctes nasicornis latipennis'' Motschulsky, 1845 * ''Oryctes nasicornis mariei'' (Bourgin, 1949) * ''Oryctes nasicornis nasicornis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Oryctes nasicornis ondrejanus ''Minck, 1916 * ''Oryctes nasicornis polonicus'' Minck, 1916 * ''Oryctes nasicornis przevalskii'' Semenow & Medvedev, 1932 * ''Oryctes nasicornis punctipennis'' Motschulsky, 1860 * ''Oryctes nasicornis shiraticus'' Endrödi & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhaeus Typhoeus
Typhaeus typhoeus, or the minotaur beetle, is a beetle in the family Geotrupidae, also referred to as earth-boring dung beetles. They are native to Europe. The beetle is named after the Typhon, a giant of Greek mythology. Appearance Minotaur beetles grow to 15 to 24 mm in length. Their bodies are black and slightly shiny all over, stout and dome-shaped. On the elytra are longitudinal grooves with punctures. There are numerous small spines on each leg. The species clearly exhibits sexual dimorphism. Characteristic of the males are three horn-like outgrowths on the pronotum. The two outer protrusions are long, while the one in the middle is short. The females instead have a few pointed humps here. Occurrence The minotaur beetle is found in certain regions of Europe and North Africa. It lives in sandy, sunny areas of pine forests or in sandy moorland. They are rare elsewhere. In Germany, the minotaur beetle is an "especially protected" species and is protected under the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
