Table of Contents
473 relations: Abdomen, Academic Press, Acetate, Acid, Actaeon beetle, Adenosine triphosphate, Adephaga, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Alabama, Aldehyde, Aleocharinae, Alfred Russel Wallace, Amateur Entomologists' Society, Amblytelus, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Ambrosia beetle, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Amino acid, Amphibian, Anatomy, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greek, Animal coloration, Annals of Botany, Ant, Antenna (biology), Anthia, Anti-predator adaptation, Antifreeze protein, Antoninus Liberalis, Aphid, Aposematism, Apparent death, Appendage, Archostemata, Aristotle, Arthropod, Arthropod leg, Artia (publisher), Asbolus (beetle), Asian long-horned beetle, Asilidae, Asphyxia, Asselian, Attelabidae, Austral Entomology, Australia, Australian Dung Beetle Project, Austroplatypus incompertus, Avocado, ... Expand index (423 more) »
- Beetles
- Extant Pennsylvanian first appearances
Abdomen
The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates.
Academic Press
Academic Press (AP) is an academic book publisher founded in 1941.
Acetate
An acetate is a salt formed by the combination of acetic acid with a base (e.g. alkaline, earthy, metallic, nonmetallic or radical base).
Acid
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. hydrogen ion, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.
See Beetle and Acid
Actaeon beetle
Actaeon beetle (Megasoma actaeon) is a rhinoceros beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.
Adenosine triphosphate
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a nucleotide that provides energy to drive and support many processes in living cells, such as muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation, and chemical synthesis.
See Beetle and Adenosine triphosphate
Adephaga
The Adephaga (from Greek ἀδηφάγος, adephagos, "gluttonous") are a suborder of beetles, and with more than 40,000 recorded species in 10 families, the second-largest of the four beetle suborders.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal published eighteen times per year by Elsevier.
See Beetle and Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Alabama
Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Aldehyde
In organic chemistry, an aldehyde is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure.
Aleocharinae
The Aleocharinae are one of the largest subfamilies of rove beetles, containing over 12,000 species.
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator.
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Amateur Entomologists' Society
The Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES) is a UK organisation for people interested in insects.
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Amblytelus
Amblytelus is a genus of ground beetle including 44 species distributed through southern Australia, including the Southwest and along the east coast up to North Queensland.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia artemisiifolia, with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus Ambrosia native to regions of the Americas.
See Beetle and Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia beetle
Ambrosia beetles are beetles of the weevil subfamilies Scolytinae and Platypodinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), which live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi.
See Beetle and Ambrosia beetle
American Institute of Biological Sciences
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is a nonprofit scientific public charitable organization.
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Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.
Amphibian
Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.
Anatomy
Anatomy is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.
Animal coloration
Animal colouration is the general appearance of an animal resulting from the reflection or emission of light from its surfaces.
See Beetle and Animal coloration
Annals of Botany
Annals of Botany is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing experimental, theoretical and applied papers on all aspects of plant biology.
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Ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Beetle and ant are insects in culture.
See Beetle and Ant
Antenna (biology)
Antennae (antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers", are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods.
See Beetle and Antenna (biology)
Anthia
Anthia (common name saber-toothed ground beetles) is a genus of the ground beetle family (Carabidae) from Africa and Asia.
Anti-predator adaptation
Anti-predator adaptations are mechanisms developed through evolution that assist prey organisms in their constant struggle against predators.
See Beetle and Anti-predator adaptation
Antifreeze protein
Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) or ice structuring proteins refer to a class of polypeptides produced by certain animals, plants, fungi and bacteria that permit their survival in temperatures below the freezing point of water.
See Beetle and Antifreeze protein
Antoninus Liberalis
Antoninus Liberalis (Ἀντωνῖνος Λιβεράλις) was an Ancient Greek grammarian who probably flourished between AD 100 and 300.
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Aphid
Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Beetle and Aphid are insects in culture.
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Aposematism
Aposematism is the advertising by an animal, whether terrestrial or marine, to potential predators that it is not worth attacking or eating.
Apparent death
Apparent death is a behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead.
Appendage
An appendage (or outgrowth) is an external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from an organism's or microorganism's body.
Archostemata
The Archostemata are the smallest suborder of beetles, consisting of 50 living species in five families and over 200 described fossil species.
Aristotle
Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.
Arthropod
Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda.
Arthropod leg
The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking.
Artia (publisher)
PZO Artia was a Cold War-era government-run company in Prague, Czechoslovakia, that was best known for publishing books of fairy tales for children.
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Asbolus (beetle)
Asbolus is a small genus of darkling beetles, beetles of the family Tenebrionidae.
See Beetle and Asbolus (beetle)
Asian long-horned beetle
The Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), also known as the starry sky, sky beetle, or ALB, is native to the Korean Peninsula, northern and southern China, and disputably in northern Japan.
See Beetle and Asian long-horned beetle
Asilidae
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies.
Asphyxia
Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing.
Asselian
In the geologic timescale, the Asselian is the earliest geochronologic age or lowermost chronostratigraphic stage of the Permian.
Attelabidae
The Attelabidae is a widespread family of weevils.
Austral Entomology
Austral Entomology (formerly Australian Journal of Entomology) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Australian Entomological Society.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Australian Dung Beetle Project
The Australian Dung Beetle Project (1965–1985), conceived and led by Dr George Bornemissza of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), was an international scientific research and biological control project with the primary goal to control the polluting effects of cattle dung.
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Austroplatypus incompertus
Austroplatypus incompertus, a type of ambrosia beetle, is endemic to Australia.
See Beetle and Austroplatypus incompertus
Avocado
The avocado, alligator pear or avocado pear (Persea americana) is a medium-sized, evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae).
Bark beetle
A bark beetle is the common name for the subfamily of beetles Scolytinae.
Barycnemis blediator
Barycnemis blediator is a small parasitic wasp.
See Beetle and Barycnemis blediator
Bat
Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.
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Batesian mimicry
Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both.
See Beetle and Batesian mimicry
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.
Beaver
Beavers (genus Castor) are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere.
Beaver beetle
The beaver beetle (Platypsyllus castoris) is an ectoparasitic beetle that is only found on its host species, beavers, and the sole member of the genus Platypsyllus.
Beetlewing
Beetlewing, or beetlewing art, is an ancient craft technique using iridescent beetle wings practiced traditionally in Thailand, Myanmar, India, China and Japan. Beetle and beetlewing are insects in culture.
Behavioral Ecology (journal)
Behavioral Ecology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology.
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Behaviour (journal)
Behaviour is a double-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of ethology.
See Beetle and Behaviour (journal)
Big five game
In Africa, the Big five game animals are the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and African buffalo.
Biological immortality
Biological immortality (sometimes referred to as bio-indefinite mortality) is a state in which the rate of mortality from senescence is stable or decreasing, thus decoupling it from chronological age.
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Biological life cycle
In biology, a biological life cycle (or just life cycle when the biological context is clear) is a series of stages of the life of an organism, that begins as a zygote, often in an egg, and concludes as an adult that reproduces, producing an offspring in the form of a new zygote which then itself goes through the same series of stages, the process repeating in a cyclic fashion.
See Beetle and Biological life cycle
Bioluminescence
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms.
See Beetle and Bioluminescence
Biomimetics
Biomimetics or biomimicry is the emulation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems.
Birch
A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams.
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
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Bledius spectabilis
Bledius spectabilis, commonly known as the magnificent salt beetle, is a species of small rove beetle.
See Beetle and Bledius spectabilis
Blister beetle
Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin.
Boll weevil
The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae. Beetle and boll weevil are insects in culture.
Bombardier beetle
Bombardier beetles are ground beetles (Carabidae) in the tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500 species altogether—which are most notable for the defense mechanism that gives them their name: when disturbed, they eject a hot noxious chemical spray from the tip of the abdomen with a popping sound.
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Bostrichoidea
Bostrichoidea is a superfamily of beetles.
Brassicogethes aeneus
Brassicogethes aeneus, the common pollen beetle, is a species of pollen beetle in the family Nitidulidae.
See Beetle and Brassicogethes aeneus
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.
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Brontispa longissima
Brontispa longissima (known as the coconut leaf beetle, the two-coloured coconut leaf beetle, or the coconut hispine beetle) is a leaf beetle that feeds on young leaves and damages seedlings and mature coconut palms.
See Beetle and Brontispa longissima
Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Cameron County, located on the western Gulf Coast in South Texas, adjacent to the border with Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors.
Buprestis aurulenta
Buprestis aurulenta, commonly known as the golden jewel beetle or golden buprestid, is a species of beetle in the genus Buprestis.
See Beetle and Buprestis aurulenta
Buprestoidea
Buprestoidea is a superfamily of beetles.
Burying beetle
Burying beetles or sexton beetles, genus Nicrophorus, are the best-known members of the family Silphidae (carrion beetles).
Byrrhoidea
Byrrhoidea is a superfamily of beetles belonging to Elateriformia that includes several families which are either aquatic or associated with a semi-aquatic habitat.
Calopteron discrepans
Calopteron discrepans, the banded net-winged beetle, is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae.
See Beetle and Calopteron discrepans
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Camouflage
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else.
Capsicum
Capsicum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their edible fruit.
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
Catalase
Catalase is a common enzyme found in nearly all living organisms exposed to oxygen (such as bacteria, plants, and animals) which catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen.
Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
Catheter
In medicine, a catheter is a thin tube made from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions.
Ceará
Ceará is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast.
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Cecum
The cecum or caecum is a pouch within the peritoneum that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine.
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Cerambus
In Greek mythology, Cerambus (Ancient Greek: Κέραμβος, Kerambos), a son of Euseiros (himself son of Poseidon) and the nymph Eidothea of Othreis. Beetle and Cerambus are insects in culture.
Cerambyx
Cerambyx is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles).
Chestnut
The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus Castanea, in the beech family Fagaceae.
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in Thailand.
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.
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Chondropyga dorsalis
Chondropyga dorsalis is a large Australian beetle commonly known as the cowboy beetle.
See Beetle and Chondropyga dorsalis
Chrysomelinae
The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), commonly known as broad-bodied leaf beetles or broad-shouldered leaf beetles.
Chrysomeloidea
The Chrysomeloidea are an enormous superfamily of beetles, with tens of thousands of species.
Cicindela
Cicindela, commonly known as common tiger beetles, are generally brightly colored and metallic beetles, often with some sort of patterning of ivory or cream-colored markings.
Circadian rhythm
A circadian rhythm, or circadian cycle, is a natural oscillation that repeats roughly every 24 hours.
See Beetle and Circadian rhythm
Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
See Beetle and Circulatory system
Cisuralian
The Cisuralian is the first series/epoch of the Permian.
Clade
In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.
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Cladistics (journal)
Cladistics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal which has published research in cladistics since 1985.
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Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.
Cleridae
Cleridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Cleroidea
Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species.
Click beetle
Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family of beetles.
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata, the common ladybug, the seven-spot ladybird (or, in North America, seven-spotted ladybug or "C-7"), is a carnivorous beetle native to the Old World and is the most common ladybird in Europe.
See Beetle and Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinellidae
Coccinellidae is a widespread family of small beetles. Beetle and Coccinellidae are insects in culture.
Cockchafer
The common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), also colloquially known as the Maybug, Maybeetle, or doodlebug, is a species of scarab beetle belonging to the genus Melolontha. It is native to Europe, and it is one of several closely-related and morphologically similar species of Melolontha called cockchafers, alongside Melolontha hippocastani (the forest cockchafer).
Coconut
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos.
Coevolution
In biology, coevolution occurs when two or more species reciprocally affect each other's evolution through the process of natural selection.
Coleopsis
Coleopsis is an extinct genus of stem-group beetles.
Colorado potato beetle
The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata; also known as the Colorado beetle, the ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle, and the potato bug) is a beetle known for being a major pest of potato crops. Beetle and Colorado potato beetle are insects in culture.
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Competition (biology)
Competition is an interaction between organisms or species in which both require a resource that is in limited supply (such as food, water, or territory).
See Beetle and Competition (biology)
Compound eye
A compound eye is a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans.
Conifer
Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Beetle and Conifer are extant Pennsylvanian first appearances.
Coprophagia
Coprophagia or coprophagy is the consumption of feces.
Coptoclavidae
Coptoclavidae is an extinct family of aquatic beetles in the suborder Adephaga.
CRC Press
The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
Cryoprotectant
A cryoprotectant is a substance used to protect biological tissue from freezing damage (i.e. that due to ice formation).
Cucujiformia
Cucujiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles, representing most plant-eating beetles.
Cucujoidea
Cucujoidea is a superfamily of beetles.
Cucujus
Cucujus is a genus of beetles in the family Cucujidae, the flat bark beetles.
Cupedidae
The Cupedidae are a small family of beetles, notable for the square pattern of "windows" on their elytra (hard forewings), which give the family their common name of reticulated beetles.
Curculionidae
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils.
Cybister tripunctatus
Cybister tripunctatus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, China, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Italy, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Europe.
See Beetle and Cybister tripunctatus
Cyborg
A cyborg (also known as cybernetic organism, cyber-organism, cyber-organic being, cybernetically enhanced organism, cybernetically augmented organism, technorganic being, techno-organic being, or techno-organism)—a portmanteau of '''''cyb'''ernetic'' and '''''org'''anism''—is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts.
Cycad
Cycads are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves.
See Beetle and Cycad
Darkling beetle
Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution.
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DARPA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
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Dascilloidea
Dascilloidea is a superfamily of polyphagan beetles, comprising two families: Dascillidae (soft bodied plant beetles) and Rhipiceridae (cicada beetle and cicada parasite beetles).
Deathwatch beetle
The deathwatch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum) is a species of woodboring beetle that sometimes infests the structural timbers of old buildings. Beetle and deathwatch beetle are insects in culture.
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Dermestidae
Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles.
Derodontidae
Derodontidae is a family of beetles, in its own superfamily, Derodontoidea, sometimes known as the tooth-necked fungus beetles.
Diapause
In animal dormancy, diapause is the delay in development in response to regular and recurring periods of adverse environmental conditions.
Dicheirotrichus gustavii
Dicheirotrichus gustavii is a ground beetle which emerges from cracks or holes to feed on tidal salt marshes after dusk.
See Beetle and Dicheirotrichus gustavii
Dragonfly
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. Beetle and dragonfly are extant Pennsylvanian first appearances and insects in culture.
Dung beetle
Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces.
Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm disease (DED) is caused by a member of the sac fungi (Ascomycota) affecting elm trees, and is spread by elm bark beetles.
See Beetle and Dutch elm disease
Dynastinae
Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Beetle and Dynastinae are insects in culture.
Dytiscidae
The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek dytikos (δυτικός), "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles.
Eburia quadrigeminata
Eburia quadrigeminata, the ivory-marked beetle or ivory-marked borer, is a species of North American beetle in the family Cerambycidae.
See Beetle and Eburia quadrigeminata
Ecdysis
Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticle in many invertebrates of the clade Ecdysozoa.
Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.
Ecotourism
Ecotourism is a form of tourism marketed as "responsible" travel (using what proponents say is sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.
Egg
An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.
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Eggplant
Eggplant (US, CA, AU, NZ, PH), aubergine (UK, IE), brinjal (IN, SG, MY, ZA), or baigan (IN, GY) is a plant species in the nightshade family Solanaceae.
Egyptian faience
Egyptian faience is a sintered-quartz ceramic material from Ancient Egypt.
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Elateriformia
Elateriformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles.
Elateroidea
The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles.
Eleodes
Eleodes (commonly known as pinacate beetles or desert stink beetles) is a genus of darkling beetles, in the family Tenebrionidae.
Elephant beetle
The elephant beetle (Megasoma elephas) is a member of the family Scarabaeidae and the subfamily Dynastinae.
See Beetle and Elephant beetle
Elm
Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus in the family Ulmaceae.
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Elm leaf beetle
Xanthogaleruca luteola, commonly known as the elm-leaf beetle, is a beetle species in the family Chrysomelidae that is native to Europe but invasive in other parts of the world.
See Beetle and Elm leaf beetle
Elsevier
Elsevier is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content.
Elytron
An elytron (elytra) 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".
Entomological Society of America
The Entomological Society of America (ESA) was founded in 1889 and today has more than 7,000 members, including educators, extension personnel, consultants, students, researchers, and scientists from agricultural departments, health agencies, private industries, colleges and universities, and state and federal governments.
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Entomological warfare
Entomological warfare (EW) is a type of biological warfare that uses insects to interrupt supply lines by damaging crops, or to directly harm enemy combatants and civilian populations. Beetle and Entomological warfare are insects in culture.
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Entomophagy
Entomophagy (from Greek ἔντομον éntomon, 'insect', and φαγεῖν phagein, 'to eat') is the practice of eating insects.
Epicauta vittata
Epicauta vittata is a species of beetle in the family Meloidae, the blister beetles.
See Beetle and Epicauta vittata
Epithelium
Epithelium or epithelial tissue is a thin, continuous, protective layer of compactly packed cells with little extracellular matrix.
Ester
In chemistry, an ester is a functional group derived from an acid (organic or inorganic) in which the hydrogen atom (H) of at least one acidic hydroxyl group of that acid is replaced by an organyl group.
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Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae.
Eunota togata
Eunota togata, the white-cloaked tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae.
Euoniticellus intermedius
Euoniticellus intermedius (also known as the Northern Sandy Dung Beetle) is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.
See Beetle and Euoniticellus intermedius
Eupompha
Eupompha is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae.
Eusociality
Eusociality (Greek εὖ eu "good" and social) is the highest level of organization of sociality.
Exoskeleton
An exoskeleton (from Greek έξω éxō "outer" and σκελετός skeletós "skeleton") is a skeleton that is on the exterior of an animal in the form of hardened integument, which both supports the body's shape and protects the internal organs, in contrast to an internal endoskeleton (e.g.
Eye
An eye is a sensory organ that allows an organism to perceive visual information.
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Fatty acid
In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated.
Fatty acid synthesis
In biochemistry, fatty acid synthesis is the creation of fatty acids from acetyl-CoA and NADPH through the action of enzymes called fatty acid synthases.
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Feces
Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.
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Fertilisation
Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give rise to a zygote and initiate its development into a new individual organism or offspring.
Firefly
The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production of light, mainly during twilight, to attract mates. Light production in the Lampyridae is thought to have originated as a warning signal that the larvae were distasteful.
Firefly luciferin
Firefly luciferin (also known as beetle luciferin) is the luciferin, or light-emitting compound, used for the firefly (Lampyridae), railroad worm (Phengodidae), starworm (Rhagophthalmidae), and click-beetle (Pyrophorini) bioluminescent systems.
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Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
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Flagellum
A flagellum (flagella) (Latin for 'whip' or 'scourge') is a hairlike appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, from fungal spores (zoospores), and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility.
Flea beetle
The flea beetle is a small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae), that makes up the tribe Alticini which is part of the subfamily Galerucinae.
Flower chafer
Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae.
Flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.
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Fog collection
''Atrapanieblas'' or fog collection in Alto Patache, Atacama Desert, Chile Fog collection is the harvesting of water from fog using large pieces of vertical mesh netting to induce the fog-droplets to flow down towards a trough below.
Formic acid
Formic acid, systematically named methanoic acid, is the simplest carboxylic acid, and has the chemical formula HCOOH and structure.
Fossorial
A fossorial animal is one that is adapted to digging and which lives primarily (but not solely) underground.
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.
Fungivore
Fungivory or mycophagy is the process of organisms consuming fungi.
Fungus
A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
Gastrointestinal tract
The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
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Gizzard
The gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (birds and other dinosaurs, crocodiles, alligators, pterosaurs), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans.
Glossary of entomology terms
This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists.
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Glowworm
Glowworm or glow-worm is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence.
God in Christianity
In Christianity, God is the eternal, supreme being who created and preserves all things.
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Goliathus
The Goliath beetles (named after the biblical giant Goliath) are any of the six species in the genus Goliathus.
Grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. Beetle and Grasshopper are insects in culture.
Greek Magical Papyri
The Greek Magical Papyri (Latin: Papyri Graecae Magicae, abbreviated PGM) is the name given by scholars to a body of papyri from Graeco-Roman Egypt, written mostly in ancient Greek (but also in Old Coptic, Demotic, etc.), which each contain a number of magical spells, formulae, hymns, and rituals.
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Ground beetle
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.
Guadalupian
The Guadalupian is the second and middle series/epoch of the Permian.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Habroscelimorpha dorsalis
Habroscelimorpha dorsalis, commonly known as the eastern beach tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle (Cicindelini tribe) in the family Cicindelidae.
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Haematobia exigua
Haematobia exigua, known as buffalo fly, is a fly of the family Muscidae.
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Haliplidae
The Haliplidae are a family of water beetles that swim using an alternating motion of the legs.
Hardwood
Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees.
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis is a large lady beetle or ladybug species that is most commonly known as the harlequin, Asian, or multicoloured Asian lady beetle.
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Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
Heilipus apiatus
Heilipus apiatus, the avocado weevil, is a species of weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.
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Hemolymph
Hemolymph, or haemolymph, is a fluid, analogous to the blood in vertebrates, that circulates in the interior of the arthropod (invertebrate) body, remaining in direct contact with the animal's tissues.
Herbicide
Herbicides, also commonly known as weed killers, are substances used to control undesired plants, also known as weeds.
Hercules beetle
The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the rainforests of southern Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Lesser Antilles.
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Hezekiah
Hezekiah (חִזְקִיָּהוּ|Ḥizqiyyāhū), or Ezekias (born, sole ruler), was the son of Ahaz and the 13th king of Judah according to the Hebrew Bible.
Histeridae
Histeridae is a family of beetles commonly known as clown beetles or hister beetles.
Histeroidea
Histeroidea is a superfamily of beetles in the infraorder Staphyliniformia.
Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.
Holometabola
Holometabola (from Ancient Greek "complete" + "change"), also known as Endopterygota (from "inner" + "wing" + Neo-Latin "-having"), is a superorder of insects within the infraclass Neoptera that go through distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages. Beetle and Holometabola are extant Pennsylvanian first appearances.
Honey bee
A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to mainland Afro-Eurasia. Beetle and honey bee are insects in culture.
Honeydew (secretion)
Honeydew is a sugar-rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids, some scale insects, and many other true bugs and some other insects as they feed on plant sap.
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Hugu (instrument)
A hugu is a sago-palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) in Papua New Guinea that has been used by men of the Onabasulu people as a musical instrument.
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Human digestive system
The human digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder).
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Human interactions with insects
Human interactions with insects include both a wide variety of uses, whether practical such as for food, textiles, and dyestuffs, or symbolic, as in art, music, and literature, and negative interactions including damage to crops and extensive efforts to control insect pests. Beetle and Human interactions with insects are insects in culture.
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Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
Hydrogen peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound with the formula.
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Hydrophile
A hydrophile is a molecule or other molecular entity that is attracted to water molecules and tends to be dissolved by water.
Hydrophilidae
Hydrophilidae, also known colloquially as water scavenger beetles, is a family of beetles.
Hydrophiloidea
Hydrophiloidea, known as water scavenger beetles, is a superfamily of beetles.
Hydrophobe
In chemistry, hydrophobicity is the physical property of a molecule that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water (known as a hydrophobe).
Hydroquinone
Hydroquinone, also known as benzene-1,4-diol or quinol, is an aromatic organic compound that is a type of phenol, a derivative of benzene, having the chemical formula C6H4(OH)2.
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.
Hypermetamorphosis
Hypermetamorphosis, or heteromorphosis, is a term used mainly in entomology; it refers to a class of variants of holometabolism, that is to say, complete insect metamorphosis.
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Hypoxia (environmental)
Hypoxia (hypo: "below", oxia: "oxygenated") refers to low oxygen conditions.
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Imago
In biology, the imago (Latin for "image") is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it is also called the imaginal stage ("imaginal" being "imago" in adjective form), the stage in which the insect attains maturity.
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Inquiline
In zoology, an inquiline (from Latin inquilinus, "lodger" or "tenant") is an animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.
Insect fighting
Insect fighting is a range of competitive sporting activity, commonly associated with gambling, in which insects are pitted against each other.
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Insect flight
Insects are the only group of invertebrates that have evolved wings and flight.
Insect mouthparts
Insects have mouthparts that may vary greatly across insect species, as they are adapted to particular modes of feeding.
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Insect wing
Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly.
Instar
An instar (from the Latin īnstar 'form, likeness') is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, which occurs between each moult (ecdysis) until sexual maturity is reached.
Intromittent organ
An intromittent organ is any external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation.
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Invertebrate
Invertebrates is an umbrella term describing animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord.
Ivory
Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally from elephants) and teeth of animals, that consists mainly of dentine, one of the physical structures of teeth and tusks.
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J. B. S. Haldane
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (5 November 18921 December 1964), nicknamed "Jack" or "JBS", was a British-Indian scientist who worked in physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, and mathematics.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
The Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1905.
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Journal of Natural History
The Journal of Natural History is a scientific journal published by Taylor & Francis focusing on entomology and zoology.
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Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
The Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Kansas Entomological Society.
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Jurassic
The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.
Khepri
Khepri (Egyptian: ḫprj, also transliterated Khepera, Kheper, Khepra, Chepri) is a scarab-faced god in ancient Egyptian religion who represents the rising or morning sun. Beetle and Khepri are beetles.
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (also referred to as KZN; nicknamed "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province.
La Huérguina Formation
The La Huérguina Formation (also known as the Calizas de La Huérguina Formation, La Huérguina Limestone Formation or as the Una Formation) is a geological formation in Spain whose strata date back to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous.
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Lamprima aurata
Lamprima aurata, the golden stag beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Lucanidae.
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Larva
A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.
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Larviform female
Larviform female is a biological phenomenon occurring in some insect species, where the females in the adult stage of metamorphosis resemble the larvae to various degrees, while the male appears more morphologically adult (as imagoes).
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Late Miocene
The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages.
Laurasia
Laurasia was the more northern of two large landmasses that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent from around (Mya), the other being Gondwana.
Leaf
A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.
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Leaf beetle
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families.
Liaoning
Liaoning is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region.
Linnaean taxonomy
Linnaean taxonomy can mean either of two related concepts.
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List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera
This article classifies the subgroups of the order Coleoptera (beetles) down to the level of families, following the system in "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)", Bouchard, et al.
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Live insect jewelry
Live insect jewelry refers to jewelry made from living creatures – usually bejeweled oversized insects – which is worn as a fashion accessory. Beetle and live insect jewelry are insects in culture.
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Lizard
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
LMLK seal
LMLK seals (with LMLK meaning 'of the king') are ancient Hebrew seals stamped on the handles of large storage jars first issued in the reign of King Hezekiah (circa 700 BC) and discovered mostly in and around Jerusalem.
Loeb Classical Library
The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after James Loeb) is a series of books originally published by Heinemann in London, but is currently published by Harvard University Press.
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Longhorn beetle
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described.
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Lopingian
The Lopingian is the uppermost series/last epoch of the Permian.
Lucanus cervus
Lucanus cervus, known as the European stag beetle, or the greater stag beetle, is one of the best-known species of stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in Western Europe, and is the eponymous example of the genus.
Luciferase
Luciferase is a generic term for the class of oxidative enzymes that produce bioluminescence, and is usually distinguished from a photoprotein.
Luciferin
Luciferin is a generic term for the light-emitting compound found in organisms that generate bioluminescence.
Lycidae
The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles.
Lymexylidae
The Lymexylidae (historically often spelled Lymexylonidae), also known as ship-timber beetles, are a family of wood-boring beetles.
Malpighian tubule system
The Malpighian tubule system is a type of excretory and osmoregulatory system found in some insects, myriapods, arachnids and tardigrades.
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Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Mandible (insect mouthpart)
Insect mandibles are a pair of appendages near the insect's mouth, and the most anterior of the three pairs of oral appendages (the labrum is more anterior, but is a single fused structure).
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Mass provisioning
Mass provisioning is a form of parental investment in which an adult insect, most commonly a hymenopteran such as a bee or wasp, stocks all the food for each of her offspring in a small chamber (a "cell") before she lays the egg.
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Max Barclay
Maxwell V L Barclay FRES is a British entomologist, and Curator and Collections Manager of Coleoptera and Hemiptera at the Natural History Museum in London.
Mealworm
Mealworms are the larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species of darkling beetle. Beetle and mealworm are insects in culture.
Mealybug
Mealybugs are insects in the family Pseudococcidae, unarmored scale insects found in moist, warm habitats.
Mecynorhina torquata
Mecynorhina torquata is a beetle from the subfamily Cetoniinae, tribe Goliathini.
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Melolonthinae
Melolonthinae is a subfamily of the scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae).
Melyridae
Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation.
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Micromalthidae
Micromalthidae is an ancient family of small beetles belonging to the suborder Archostemata.
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century.
Middle Jurassic
The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period.
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Middle Triassic
In the geologic timescale, the Middle Triassic is the second of three epochs of the Triassic period or the middle of three series in which the Triassic system is divided in chronostratigraphy.
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Midgut
The midgut is the portion of the human embryo from which most of the intestines develop.
Mimicry
In evolutionary biology, mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species.
Miridae
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae.
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university in Mississippi State, Mississippi.
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Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.
Monophyly
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of taxa which meets these criteria.
Montsec Range
The Montsec Range (Serra del Montsec; Sierra del Montsec) is a mountain system of the Pre-Pyrenees.
Moralia
The Moralia (Latin for "Morals" or "Customs and Mores"; Ἠθικά, Ethiká) is a group of manuscripts written in Ancient Greek dating from the 10th–13th centuries but traditionally ascribed to the 1st-century scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea.
Mordellidae
The Mordellidae are a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements they make when escaping predators, or as pintail beetles due to their abdominal tip which aids them in performing these tumbling movements.
Morphology (biology)
Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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Mountain pine beetle
The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia.
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Musca vetustissima
Musca vetustissima, commonly known as the Australian bush fly, is a species of fly found in Australia.
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Mutualism (biology)
Mutualism describes the ecological interaction between two or more species where each species has a net benefit.
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Mycangium
The term mycangium (pl., mycangia) is used in biology for special structures on the body of an animal that are adapted for the transport of symbiotic fungi (usually in spore form).
Myrmecophily
Myrmecophily is the term applied to positive interspecies associations between ants and a variety of other organisms, such as plants, other arthropods, and fungi.
Myrmecophily in Staphylinidae
Many species of Staphylinidae (commonly known as "rove beetles") have developed complex interspecies relationships with ants, known as myrmecophily.
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Myxophaga
Myxophaga is the second-smallest suborder of the Coleoptera after Archostemata, consisting of roughly 65 species of small to minute beetles in four families.
Namib
The Namib (Namibe) is a coastal desert in Southern Africa.
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Natural History (Pliny)
The Natural History (Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.
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Natural Resources Canada
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan; Ressources naturelles Canada; label)Natural Resources Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Natural Resources.
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Nature (journal)
Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.
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Nectar
Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide herbivore protection.
Nervous system
In biology, the nervous system is the highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body.
Nicander
Nicander of Colophon (Níkandros ho Kolophṓnios; fl. 2nd century BC) was a Greek poet, physician, and grammarian.
Nipponoluciola cruciata
Nipponoluciola cruciata, known as "genji-botaru" (ゲンジボタル) in Japanese, is a species of firefly found in Japan.
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North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.
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Nosodendridae
Nosodendridae is a family of beetles, with less than a hundred species in three extant genera, which are found worldwide.
Oak
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family.
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Old English
Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
Omaliinae
The Omaliinae are a subfamily of the Staphylinidae, rove beetles.
Omnivore
An omnivore is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.
Onychocerus albitarsis
Onychocerus albitarsis (also known as scorpion beetle in Brazil) is a relatively rare species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae from the Amazon and Atlantic forest regions in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Peru.
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Onymacris unguicularis
Onymacris unguicularis, also known commonly as the fog-basking beetle, head-stander beetle, or the Toktokkies, is a species of darkling beetle that is native to the Namib Desert of southwestern Africa.
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Order (biology)
Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Ovoviviparity
Ovoviviparity, ovovivipary, ovivipary, or aplacental viviparity is a term used as a "bridging" form of reproduction between egg-laying oviparous and live-bearing viviparous reproduction.
Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
Paleontological Journal
Paleontological Journal (Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal) is a monthly peer-reviewed Russian journal of paleontology established in 1959.
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).
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Parasitism
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
Parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host.
Parthenium hysterophorus
Parthenium hysterophorus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
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Passalidae
Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles" or "horned passalus beetles".
Permian
The Permian is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya.
Permian–Triassic extinction event
Approximately 251.9 million years ago, the Permian–Triassic (P–T, P–Tr) extinction event (PTME; also known as the Late Permian extinction event, the Latest Permian extinction event, the End-Permian extinction event, and colloquially as the Great Dying) forms the boundary between the Permian and Triassic geologic periods, and with them the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras.
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Pest (organism)
A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns. Beetle and pest (organism) are insects in culture.
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Pet
A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal.
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Phanerota fasciata
Phanerota fasciata is a species of rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae.
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Pharynx
The pharynx (pharynges) is the part of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity, and above the esophagus and trachea (the tubes going down to the stomach and the lungs respectively).
Phengodidae
The beetle family Phengodidae is known also as glowworm beetles, whose larvae are known as glowworms.
Phenol
Phenol (also known as carbolic acid, phenolic acid, or benzenol) is an aromatic organic compound with the molecular formula.
Pheromone
A pheromone is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species.
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
Phytophaga
Phytophaga is a clade of beetles within the infraorder Cucujiformia consisting of the superfamilies Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea that are distinctive in the plant-feeding habit combined with the tarsi being pseudotetramerous or cryptopentamerous, where the fourth tarsal segment is typically greatly reduced or hidden by the third tarsal segment.
Pinus contorta
Pinus contorta, with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine, and also known as twisted pine, and contorta pine, is a common tree in western North America.
Planidium
A planidium is a specialized form of insect larva seen in the first-instar of a few families of insects that have parasitoidal ways of life.
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 AD 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.
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PLOS One
PLOS One (stylized PLOS ONE, and formerly PLoS ONE) is a peer-reviewed open access mega journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS) since 2006.
Plutarch
Plutarch (Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos;; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
Poikilotherm
A poikilotherm is an animal (Greek poikilos – 'various, spotted', and therme – 'heat) whose internal temperature varies considerably.
Polar regions of Earth
The polar regions, also called the frigid zones or polar zones, of Earth are Earth's polar ice caps, the regions of the planet that surround its geographical poles (the North and South Poles), lying within the polar circles.
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Pollination trap
Pollination traps or trap-flowers are plant flower structures that aid the trapping of insects, mainly flies, so as to enhance their effectiveness in pollination.
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Polyphaga
Polyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles.
Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (often abbreviated PNAS or PNAS USA) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal.
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Protaetia cuprea
Protaetia cuprea, also known as the copper chafer, is a species of chafer in the family Scarabaeidae.
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Prothorax
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs.
Protocoleoptera
The Protocoleoptera are a paraphyletic group of extinct beetles, containing the earliest and most primitive lineages of beetles.
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Pterostichus brevicornis
Pterostichus brevicornis is a species of woodland ground beetle in the family Carabidae.
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Ptiliidae
Ptiliidae is a family of very tiny beetles (including the smallest of all beetles) with a cosmopolitan distribution.
Ptinidae
Ptinidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Bostrichoidea.
Pupa
A pupa (pupae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.
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Quaternary
The Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
Quaternary glaciation
The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Pleistocene glaciation, is an alternating series of glacial and interglacial periods during the Quaternary period that began 2.58 Ma (million years ago) and is ongoing.
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Quinone
The quinones are a class of organic compounds that are formally "derived from aromatic compounds by conversion of an even number of –CH.
Reduviidae
The Reduviidae is a large cosmopolitan family of the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera (true bugs).
Resonance chamber
A resonance chamber uses resonance to enhance the transfer of energy from a sound source (e.g. a vibrating string) to the air.
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Rhagophthalmidae
The Rhagophthalmidae are a family of beetles within the superfamily Elateroidea.
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Rhinotia hemisticta
Rhinotia hemisticta is a species of weevil in the family Belidae, commonly referred to as the long-nosed weevil, or long nosed weevil.
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Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
The palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is one of two species of snout beetle known as the red palm weevil, Asian palm weevil or sago palm weevil.
See Beetle and Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico, also known as P’osoge in Tewa and Tó Ba’áadi in Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.
Ripiphoridae
Ripiphoridae (formerly spelled Rhipiphoridae) is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles".
Rodent
Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
Rove beetle
The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed.
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Rutelinae
Rutelinae or shining leaf chafers is a subfamily of the scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae).
Salt marsh
A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.
Sap beetle
The sap beetles, also known as Nitidulidae, are a family of beetles.
Scale insect
Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha.
Scarab (artifact)
Scarabs are amulets and impression seals shaped according to the eponymous beetles, which were widely popular throughout ancient Egypt. Beetle and Scarab (artifact) are insects in culture.
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Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles.
Scarabaeinae
The scarab beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae consists of species collectively called true dung beetles (there are also dung beetles in other subfamilies and families).
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia.
Scarabaeus sacer
Scarabaeus sacer, common name sacred scarab, is the type species of the genus Scarabaeus and the family Scarabaeidae.
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Scavenger
Scavengers are animals that consume dead organisms that have died from causes other than predation or have been killed by other predators.
Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
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Scirtoidea
Scirtoidea is a superfamily of beetles.
Sclerite
A sclerite (Greek σκληρός, sklēros, meaning "hard") is a hardened body part.
Sclerotin
Sclerotin is a component of the cuticle of various Arthropoda, most familiarly insects.
Scydosella
Scydosella is a genus of beetles that consists of only one species Scydosella musawasensis.
Seedling
A seedling is a young sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed.
Segmentation (biology)
Segmentation in biology is the division of some animal and plant body plans into a linear series of repetitive segments that may or may not be interconnected to each other.
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Sex organ
A sex organ, also known as a reproductive organ, is a part of an organism that is involved in sexual reproduction.
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.
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Silphidae
Silphidae is a family of beetles that are known commonly as large carrion beetles, carrion beetles or burying beetles.
Simple eye in invertebrates
A simple eye or ocellus (sometimes called a pigment pit) is a form of eye or an optical arrangement which has a single lens without the sort of elaborate retina that occurs in most vertebrates.
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Small hive beetle
Aethina tumida, commonly known as small hive beetle (SHB), is a beekeeping pest.
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Solanaceae
The Solanaceae, or the nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and ornamentals.
Soldier beetle
The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles.
Solnhofen
Solnhofen is a municipality in the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in the region of Middle Franconia in the of Bavaria in Germany.
South Gippsland
South Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north.
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Spermatozoon
A spermatozoon (also spelled spermatozoön;: spermatozoa) is a motile sperm cell, or moving form of the haploid cell that is the male gamete.
Sphaerius
Sphaerius is a genus of beetles in the family Sphaeriusidae, comprising 18 species.
Spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. Beetle and Spider are extant Pennsylvanian first appearances.
Spiracle (arthropods)
A spiracle or stigma is the opening in the exoskeletons of insects, myriapods, velvet worms and many arachnids to allow air to enter the trachea.
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Stag beetle
Stag beetles are a family of about 1,200 species of beetles in the family Lucanidae, currently classified in four subfamilies.
Stenocara gracilipes
Stenocara gracilipes is a species of beetle that is native to the Namib Desert in southern Africa.
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Strepsiptera
The Strepsiptera are an order of insects with eleven extant families that include about 600 described species.
Stridulation
Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts.
Sugar
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
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Symbiosis
Symbiosis (from Greek,, "living with, companionship, camaraderie", from,, "together", and, bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two biological organisms of different species, termed symbionts, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic.
Tansy beetle
The tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis) is a species of leaf beetle.
Tarsal formula
A tarsal formula states the number of segments of an insect's tarsi as three numbers, a-b-c, starting with the fore leg (a), then the middle leg (b), then the hind leg (c).
Taxidermy
Taxidermy is the art of preserving an animal's body by mounting (over an armature) or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study.
Taxonomic rank
In biology, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy.
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU; אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, Universitat Tel Aviv, جامعة تل أبيب, Jami’at Tel Abib) is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Telephone-pole beetle
The telephone-pole beetle (Micromalthus debilis) is a beetle native to the eastern United States and the only living representative of the otherwise extinct family Micromalthidae.
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Tenebrionoidea
The Tenebrionoidea are a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles.
Territory (animal)
In ethology, territory is the sociographical area that an animal consistently defends against conspecific competition (or, occasionally, against animals of other species) using agonistic behaviors or (less commonly) real physical aggression.
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Testicle
A testicle or testis (testes) is the male gonad in all bilaterians, including humans.
Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
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The Canadian Entomologist
The Canadian Entomologist is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of entomology.
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The Journal of Experimental Biology
Journal of Experimental Biology (formerly The British Journal of Experimental Biology) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of comparative physiology and integrative biology.
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The Malay Archipelago
The Malay Archipelago is a book by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace which chronicles his scientific exploration, during the eight-year period 1854 to 1862, of the southern portion of the Malay Archipelago including Malaysia, Singapore, the islands of Indonesia, then known as the Dutch East Indies, and the island of New Guinea.
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The Science of Nature
The Science of Nature, formerly Naturwissenschaften, is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media covering all aspects of the natural sciences relating to questions of biological significance.
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Theology
Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity.
Thistle tortoise beetle
The thistle tortoise beetle (Cassida rubiginosa) is a species of beetle in the subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles) and the genus Cassida. The thistle tortoise beetle can be recognized by its green, rounded back and it can be found on thistle plants in many regions of North America and Europe.
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Threitol
Threitol is the chiral four-carbon sugar alcohol with the molecular formula C4H10O4.
Thrips
Thrips (order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts.
Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.
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Tiger beetle
Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed.
Titan beetle
The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) is a Neotropical longhorn beetle, the sole species in the genus Titanus, and one of the largest known beetles, as well as one of the largest known insects, at over in length.
Tomato
The tomato is the edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as the tomato plant.
Trachea
The trachea (tracheae or tracheas), also known as the windpipe, is a cartilaginous tube that connects the larynx to the bronchi of the lungs, allowing the passage of air, and so is present in almost all animals with lungs.
Traditional medicine
Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the era of modern medicine.
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Tree of Life Web Project
The Tree of Life Web Project is an Internet project providing information about the diversity and phylogeny of life on Earth.
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Tympanal organ
A tympanal organ (or tympanic organ) is a hearing organ in insects, consisting of a membrane (tympanum) stretched across a frame backed by an air sac and associated sensory neurons.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
University of California Press
The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.
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University of Chicago Press
The University of Chicago Press is the university press of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon.
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University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida.
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University of Minnesota system
The University of Minnesota system is a public university system with five campuses spread across the U.S. state of Minnesota.
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University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.
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Upis ceramboides
Upis ceramboides is a species of beetle, one of many wood-living insects that benefit from forest fires.
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Vending machine
A vending machine is an automated machine that dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes, and lottery tickets to consumers after cash, a credit card, or other forms of payment are inserted into the machine or otherwise made.
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Vertex (anatomy)
In arthropod and vertebrate anatomy, the vertex (or cranial vertex) is the highest point of the head.
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
Wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Beetle and wasp are insects in culture.
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Water beetle
A water beetle is a generalized name for any beetle that is adapted to living in water at any point in its life cycle.
Weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals.
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Weevil
Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts.
Wellington Formation
The Wellington Formation is an Early Permian geologic formation in Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Whirligig beetle
The whirligig beetles are water beetles, comprising the family Gyrinidae that usually swim on the surface of the water if undisturbed, though they swim underwater when threatened.
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White worm beetle
The white worm beetle (Hylamorpha elegans) is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.
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Whitefly
Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves.
Wiley (publisher)
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.
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Wood
Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
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Woodboring beetle
The term woodboring beetle encompasses many species and families of beetles whose larval or adult forms eat and destroy wood (i.e., are xylophagous).
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Xylomannan
Xylomannan is an antifreeze molecule, found in the freeze-tolerant Alaskan beetle Upis ceramboides.
Xylophagy
Xylophagy is a term used in ecology to describe the habits of an herbivorous animal whose diet consists primarily (often solely) of wood.
Xylotrupes
Xylotrupes is a genus of rhinoceros beetles, with more than 25 species and subspecies distributed worldwide, but especially in Asia.
ZooKeys
ZooKeys is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering zoological taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography.
Zoologica Scripta
Zoologica Scripta is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal on systematic zoology, published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Zootaxa
Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists.
Zopherus
Zopherus is a genus of beetles comprising 19 species.
Zophobas morio
Zophobas morio is a species of darkling beetle, whose larvae are known by the common name superworm, kingworm, barley worm, morio worm or simply Zophobas. Superworms are common in the reptile pet industry as food, along with giant mealworms, which are Tenebrio molitor larvae sprayed with juvenile hormone.
Zygogramma
Zygogramma is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae, which includes approximately 100 species.
10th edition of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.
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See also
Beetles
- Beetle
- Coleopterology
- Khepri
Extant Pennsylvanian first appearances
- Amblypygi
- Amniote
- Beetle
- Ceratodontiformes
- Chiridotidae
- Conifer
- Diapsid
- Diplura
- Dragonfly
- Echiura
- Eupelycosauria
- Eureptilia
- Hemiptera
- Holometabola
- Isopoda
- Mayflies
- Mayfly
- Neoptera
- Octopodiformes
- Octopus
- Odonatoptera
- Phreatoicidea
- Phrynidae
- Priapulida
- Priapulimorphida
- Pterygota
- Remipedia
- Reptile
- Ricinulei
- Sauropsida
- Silverfish
- Solifugae
- Sphenacodontia
- Sphenacodontoidea
- Spider
- Synapsida
- Tetrapulmonata
- Textularia
- Triops
- Uropygi
- Zygentoma
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