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Scarabaeidae Genera
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly treated as subfamilies have been elevated to family rank (e.g., Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaresidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae, and Pleocomidae), and some reduced to lower ranks. The subfamilies listed in this article are in accordance with those in Catalog of Life (2023). Description Scarabs are stout-bodied beetles; most are brown or black in colour, but many, generally species that are diurnally active, have bright metallic colours, measuring between . The antennae of most species superficially seem to be knobbed (capitate), but the several segments comprising the head of the antenna are, as a rule, lamellate: they extend laterally into plates called lamellae that they usually keep compressed into a ball. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Reitter
Edmund Reitter (22 October 1845 – 15 March 1920) was an Austrian entomologist, writer and a collector. Biography Edmund Reitter was best known as an expert on the beetles of the Palaearctic. He was an imperial advisor and editor of the ''Wiener Entomologischen Zeitung'', (Vienna Entomological Gazette). In addition he was a member and honorary member of Deutsche Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie in Berlin, the Vereins für schlesische Insektenkunde in Breslau, the Museum Francisco-Carolinum in Linz, the Vereins für Naturkunde (Association for Natural History) in Austria, the Société entomologique de Russie in Saint Petersburg, the Société royale entomologique d'Égypte and the Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging in Rotterdam. He was also known as an insect dealer. In 1909, Reitter identified the '' Bryophacis'' beetle. As a corresponding member he worked with the Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Troppau, the Socíetas pro Fauna et Flora fen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prototroginae
''Prototrox transbaikalicus'' is an extinct, fossil species of hide beetle that lived in modern-day regions of Mongolia and Transbaikalia during the Lower Cretaceous. ''P. transbaikalicus'' is the only species of both the genus ''Prototrox'' and the subfamily ''Prototroginae''. References † A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species or languages). It is one of the mo ... Fossil taxa described in 2000 Prehistoric beetles {{Trogidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valginae
Valgini is a small tribe of scarab beetles, formerly considered a subfamily, Valginae. Most species occur in the Old World The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously .... They tend to be compact, and scaly or spiny. List of subtribes and genera Subtribe Microvalgina * '' Ischnovalgus'' Kolbe, 1897 * '' Microvalgus'' Kraatz, 1883 * '' Stenovalgus'' Kolbe, 1892 Subtribe Valgina * '' Acanthovalgus'' Kraatz, 1895 * '' Bivalgus'' Paulian, 1961 * '' Chaetovalgus'' Moser, 1914 * '' Charitovalgus'' Kolbe, 1904 * '' Chromovalgus'' Kolbe, 1897 * '' Comythovalgus'' Kolbe, 1897 * '' Cosmovalgus'' Kolbe, 1897 * '' Dasyvalgoides'' Endrödi, 1952 * '' Dasyvalgus'' Kolbe, 1904 * '' Euryvalgus'' Moser, 1908 * '' Excisivalgus'' Endrödi, 1952 * '' Heterovalgus'' Krikken, 1978 * '' Homoval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trichiinae
The Trichiini are a tribe of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae), though historically they were often classified as a subfamily, Trichiinae. In Europe, the conspicuous bee beetles (''Trichius'') are probably the best-known genus of the tribe. They vary in size from 6 to 65 mand can be distinguished from Cetoniini by having covered epimeres, and lateral edges of the elytra which are not trimmed. The adults feed on sugar-rich secretions of stems, leaves, fruits and flowers of different plants. Most larvae develop in rotten wood. Genera Subtribus Cryptodontina *'' Coelocorynus'' Kolbe, 1895 *'' Cryptodontes'' Burmeister, 1847 Subtribus Incaina *'' Archedinus'' Morón & Krikken, 1990 *'' Coelocratus'' Burmeister, 1841 *'' Golinca'' Thomson, 1878 *''Inca'' Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 *'' Pantodinus'' Burmeister, 1847 Subtribus Osmodermatina *'' Osmoderma'' Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 *'' Platygeniops'' Krikken, 1978 Subtribus Platygeniina *'' Platygenia'' MacLeay, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitotroginae
Termitotroginae is a monotypic subfamily of the family Scarabaeidae, the scarab beetles. The only genus in the subfamily is ''Termititrox''. A second genus, ''Aphodiocopris'', Arrow, 1920, has been synonym (taxonomy), synonymised with ''Termitotrox''. All known members of this subfamily are tiny, blind and flightless, and are Termitophile, termitophiles, dwelling within the fungal gardens of colonies of species of termite in Africa or tropical Asia. Termitotrogins are characterised by having no eyes and no wings, and their pronotum and elytra have a distinctive patterning of ribs and grooves. The function of the beetles in the termite colony is unclear but it seems that they are likely to be obligatory termitophiles and somehow play an important role in the nest environment of their fungus-growing hosts. Species The following species are included in the genus ''Termitotrox'': *''Termitotrox ancoroides'' (Petrovitz, 1956) – Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo *''Termitotr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarabaeinae
The scarab beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae consists of species collectively called true dung beetles (there are also dung beetles in other subfamilies and families). Most of the beetles of this subfamily feed exclusively on dung. However, some may feed on decomposing matter including carrion, decaying fruits and fungi. Dung beetles can be placed into three structural guilds based on their method of dung processing namely rollers (telecoprids), dwellers (endocoprids) and tunnelers (paracoprids). Dung removal and burial by dung beetles result in ecological benefits such as soil aeration and fertilization; improved nutrient cycling and uptake by plants, increase in pasture quality, biological control of pest flies and intestinal parasites and secondary seed dispersal. Well-known members include the genera '' Scarabaeus'' and '' Sisyphus'', and '' Phanaeus vindex''. Description Adult dung beetles have modified mouth parts which are adapted to feeding on dung. The clypeus is expan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
