Contribution to the knowledge of the clown beetle fauna of Lebanon, with a key to all species (Coleoptera, Histeridae). Promyrmister kistneri gen. et sp. Hister Beetles. The beetles are slowly moving through woodlands and forests where they feed on dead roots. At least some species can be found throughout the year. Millipedes do not actually have a thousand legs, they usually have between 100-400 (2 sets of legs per body segment). More Taxa Info; Guides; Places; Site Stats; Help; Video Tutorials; Log In or Sign Up A member of the family Tenebrionidae, this species is one of the most conspicuous components of the Great Plains beetle fauna. Species: spp. Most are drab; black or dark brown but a few are patterned and some are metallic. He got his start sometime in the 1940s, when he ran the studio Alfa Circus Film. Explanation of Names. Author: Josef Dvořák. Sphaerites is a genus of beetles, the only genus in the family Sphaeritidae, sometimes called the false clown beetles.It is closely related to the clown beetles but with distinct characteristics. The Histerinae contains 5 tribes and more than half of all known species of the family. Darkling is a common name applied to several genera and over 1400 species within the family Tenebrionidae. Species associated with fungi or saproxylic lifestyles tend to be smaller and may occur in large numbers. The majority of described species are from Australia although they are known from Oceania north to Japan and from India. and their immature stages. The antennal scape is short and dilated, usually almost triangular. The adults are diverse in form ranging from very convex and almost circular in outline to flattened, elongate and parallel sided; the two basic forms are oval and convex, and long and parallel, but there are many variations on these themes. Annales zoologici (Warsaw), 49: 209–230. Some species occur under bark in dead trees, whereas others burrow in sand or live in mammal burrows or termite nests. The hister beetle Carcinops pumilio (Erichson) is a predator and natural enemy of the pestiferous house fly, Musca domestica Linnaeus (Figure 1). Some species of Hister Beetle live in trees, others in abandoned rodent burrows. They are cylindrical and very elongate, the pronotum is highly developed and generally about twice the elytral length. Reference page. Lycidae (Lycid Beetles) Genus Calochromus. Some live in the nests and burrows of other animals; some in mammal and avian nests, and many others are associated with social insects (Hymenoptera) or the burrows of other saproxylics. Erinus americanus, an ornamental plant species of the genus Erinus. Pantostictus burmanicus, a new genus and species of Cretaceous beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Histeridae) in Burmese amber. Darkling is a common name applied to several genera and over 1400 species within the family Tenebrionidae. Genus Porrostoma. This is a small subfamily containing 7 genera of very distinctive beetles. Coleoptera Histeridae, Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera), New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Histeridae, A new North American genus of Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae), with descriptions of six new species from the USA and Mexico, Ôhara M. (2009-) Emma-mushi: database of the superfamily Histeroidea. Clown Beetles (Histeridae) are nocturnal carnivorous Beetles found across the globe. This is a small subfamily containing 7 genera of very distinctive beetles. A large subfamily of more than 620 species included in about 40 genera. Photo notes: climbing on tree bark. The prosternum has cavities for the reception of the antennae when the beetle is ‘rolled up’, these are either anterior, behind the front margin, or posterior, and their position is often a useful aid in identification. They tend to have shiny black of green bodies. E. americanus may refer to: Euonymus americanus, a shrubby species. For information on image rights, click HERE. With each molt they add more segments and with new legs. Adults are commonly encountered walking about the grasslands or crossing roads, especially after summer rains. Pending ID - Cantharidae. 2002a, b; Achiano and Giliomee 2005). Hister beetle, (family Histeridae), any of approximately 3,900 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that are carnivorous and are usually found around carrion, fungi, or dung. Although they range widely in size, the largest exceed 10mm, the appearance varies little; they are oval and convex above and below with elytra that are variously punctured and striate. DENDROPHILINI Reitter, 1909 The limits of this tribe are still to be worked out; it was for a long time considered to include two genera, Dendrophilus Leach, 1817 and Kissister Marsuel, 1862, but now it seems that the latter might be more appropriately placed within the Paromalini. ZooKeys, 960: 79–123. One species, S. politus Mannerheim, 1864 occurs in the northern United States, Canada and Alaska; it is found in carrion, compost and bear dung (Ursus spp.). Some species are metallic. The large genus. California Ag Today . Coleopteran - Coleopteran - Annotated classification: More than 200 families of extant and extinct beetles are known. The prosternum nearly always has impressed lines, generally longitudinal, on the surface and these often provide useful diagnostic characters for the species. Many are endemic to the deserts of North Africa and Central Asia. Adult in defensive posture Hololepta Paykull, 1811, are saproxylic. Two species, Aeletes atomarius (Aube) and Abraeus granulum Er. The species are recognised by the form of the antennae, the insertion of which is placed above the eyes, high on the frons, the scape is often greatly expanded so that it covers the eye when the head is withdrawn (chlamydopsis means ‘covered eye’). The surface sculpture varies widely from smooth to heavily sculptured, and from glabrous to pubescent or scaled. The beetles have been recorded in colonies of ant species scattered across the subfamilies Dolichoderinae, Dorylinae, Formicinae, Myrmicinae and Ponerinae (Helava et al., 1985; Tishechkin, 2007) (Figure 3). They can be distinguished by their antennae, which are short, have clubbed tips and which stick out from the head more-or-less sideways, before bending forwards in an elbow-like joint. Sphaerites is a genus of beetles, the only genus in the family Sphaeritidae, sometimes called the false clown beetles. Mason Neck, Fairfax County, Virginia. 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