Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II. He had been active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, founding and supervising the monastery of Niepokalanów near Warsaw, operating an amateur-radio station (SP3RN), and founding or running several other organizations and publications.
Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles, comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and flower chafers, flower beetles and flower scarabs. There are around 4,000 species, many of them still undescribed.
Psocidae is a family of barklice in the order Psocoptera.
Hermann Julius Kolbe was a German entomologist from Halle, Westphalia. He was curator at the Berlin Zoological Museum from 1890 until 1921 specialising in Coleoptera, Psocoptera and the “Neuroptera”. He died in Berlin-Lichterfelde.
Propalticidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. It contains two genera with the following species:
Smaragdesthes africana is a species of flower beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
Abacetus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, distributed across Africa, Asia and Australia, with a single European species. It contains the following species:
Abacetus salamensis is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Kolbe in 1898.
Abacetus aenigma is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Chaudoir in 1869 and is found in multiple countries in Asia. The species is found in the Cambodia, China, Laos and Vietnam..
Abacetus aeneovirescens is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Straneo in 1939 and is found in multiple countries across Africa and the Middle East. The species is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen.
Abacetus emeritus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by L. Peringuey in 1899. A. emeritus is a small beetle shiny black in colour with reddish mouth feelers and pitchy black legs and antennae. A. emeritus is very rare with only one known published account of collection. Very little is known about its habitat, however it is found in the subtropical highlands of Zimbabwe.
Abacetus ellipticus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Tschitscherine in 1898.
Abacetus ganglbaueri is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Tschitscherine in 1898.
Abacetus kordofanicus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Tschitscherine in 1898.
Abacetus latus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Tschitscherine in 1898.
Abacetus zanzibaricus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Tschitscherine in 1898.
Abacetus pumilus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Boheman in 1848. Abacetus pumilus is a small, but distinctive, beetle with red legs and antennae, and a green tinge on it's wings. Very little is known about Abacetus pumilus habitat, however it is found throughout the arid deserts and semi-arid steppes of southern Africa.
Bolbelasmus is a genus of beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least 20 described species in Bolbelasmus.
Cetoniini is a tribe of fruit and flower chafers in the family of beetles known as Scarabaeidae. There are over 80 genera in Cetoniini.
Cyphagoginae is a subfamily of primitive weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are at least 70 genera and 420 described species in Cyphagoginae. Cyphagoginae is sometimes treated as the tribe Cyphagogini rather than a subfamily, according to Oberprieler, 2007.
