Agathidium

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Agathidium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Leiodidae
Tribe: Agathidiini
Genus: Agathidium
Panzer, 1797 [1]
Agathidium varians

Agathidium is a genus of beetles in the family Leiodidae .

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A. bushi, A. cheneyi and A. rumsfeldi are species of this genus named after George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, respectively, by two former Cornell entomologists, Kelly B. Miller (now at the University of New Mexico) [2] and Quentin D. Wheeler. According to Miller and Wheeler, the naming of the beetles (which were three of 65 species to be named) was done in homage to the political figures. [3] The same authors named A. vaderi after the fictional Darth Vader.

Some species can roll themselves up into an almost complete sphere, similar to pillbugs. Some males have horns on their left mandibles to dislodge rival males. [4]

Species

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Agathidium bushi is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America.

Agathidium vaderi is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America. The beetle was named after the fictional character Darth Vader by Cornell University entomologists due to its shiny helmetlike head that resembles that of the Star Wars villain.

<i>Gelae</i> Genus of beetles

Gelae is a genus of round fungus beetles belonging to the family Leiodidae. The beetles are found in different parts of Central and North America. They are small and rounded, feeding on slime moulds. They were originally placed in the genus Agathidium following the discovery of the first species, G. cognatum, in 1878. The taxonomic position was revised with description of new species in 2004 by American entomologists Kelly B. Miller and Quentin D. Wheeler. Upon creation of the new genus, the five new species are Gelae baen, G. belae, G. donut, G. fish, and G. rol.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leiodinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Leiodinae is a subfamily of round fungus beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are more than 60 genera and 1,800 described species in Leiodinae.

Agathidium difforme is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America.

Agathidium oniscoides is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America.

Agathidium fawcettae is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America.

Agathidium depressum is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America. It feeds on Stemonitis fusca

Anisotoma amica is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America.

<i>Anisotoma</i> (beetle) Genus of beetles

Anisotoma is a genus of round fungus beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least 20 described species in Anisotoma.

Anisotoma blanchardi is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America. It feeds on slime molds such as Lycogala epidendrum and multiple species of Stemonitis.

<i>Colon</i> (beetle) Genus of beetles

Colon is a genus of round fungus beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least 80 described species in Colon.

Agathidium pulchrum is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America.

Agathidium rubellum is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America.

Agathidium repentinum is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America.

Agathidium rusticum is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America.

Agathidium mollinum is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America.

Gelae donut is a species of beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in South America. Adults are 3.03–3.46 mm (0.119–0.136 in) long, and brown and yellow in color. It likely feeds on slime molds and fungi. Like other species in the genus Gelae, it has received media attention due to its scientific name, which is a play on jelly donut.

Agathidium akallebregma is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America. It is named from the Greek words akalles, meaning ‘‘ugly’’, and bregma, meaning ‘‘face’’, for the unusually shaped anterior portion of the head in this species. It has a mandibular horn, moderately elongate body shape, and strongly concave posterior portion of the mesosternum.

Agathidium akrogeneios is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. It is found in North America. This species is similar to other A. dentigerum subgroup members that have a large, acute, falcate male metafemoral tooth, very narrow metasternum with the oblique metasternal carinae relatively prominent and meeting medially in a large, posteriorly directed triangular lobe, large male metasternal fovea, and reduced eyes.

References

  1. ↑ Panzer, G. W. F. (1797). Faunae Insectorum Germanicae initia; oder Deutschlands Insecten. Felssecker, Nürnberg, 7(37), 1–24.
  2. ↑ "Kelly B. Miller Lab: Arthropod Systematics & Evolution". kellymillerlab.com. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  3. ↑ "Slime-mold beetles named for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld -- but strictly in homage". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  4. ↑ Atlantic Canada Coleoptera: Agathidium Panzer 1797 and Gelae Miller and Wheeler 2004 (with pictures)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Miller, K. B. & Wheeler, Q. D. (2005). Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America, Part II. Coleoptera: Leiodidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 291(1), 1–167.
  6. 1 2 3 Mannerheim, C. G. (1852). Zweiter Nachtrag zur Käfer-fauna der Nord-Amerikanischen Länder des Russischen Reiches. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 25, 283–387.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Wheeler, Q. D. & Miller, K. B.(2005). Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America, Part I. Coleoptera: Leiodidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 291(1), 1–95.
  8. ↑ Wheeler, Q. D. (1987). A new species of Agathidium associated with an "epimycetic" slime mold plasmodium on Pleurotus fungi (Coleoptera: Leiodidae - Myxomycetes: Physarales-Basidiomycetes: Thrichomolomataceae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 41(4), 395–403.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Fall, H. C. (1934b). A review of the North American species of Agathidium. Entomologica Americana, 14, 99–131.
  10. ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Society. 1866. pp. 447–448.
  11. ↑ Brown, W. J. “New Species of Coleoptera IV.” The Canadian Entomologist, vol. 65, no. 2, 1933, pp. 43–47., doi:10.4039/Ent6543-2.
  12. ↑ Miller, Kelly B. (Kelly Bryce); Wheeler, Quentin D. (2005). "Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America : Coleoptera, Leiodidae. Part 2. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 291". hdl:2246/459.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. 1 2 3 4 Horn, G. H. (1880). Synopsis of the Silphidae of the United States with reference to the genera of other countries. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 8, 219–322.
  14. 1 2 LeConte, J. L. (1850). General remarks upon Coleoptera of Lake Superior. In: Agassiz, L. (Ed.), Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation and animals (pp. 209–241). Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln.
  15. ↑ Melsheimer, F. E. (1844). Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2, 98–118.
  16. ↑ Hatch, M. H. (1957). The beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Part II. Staphyliniformia. University of Washington Publications in Biology, 16, 1–384.
  17. ↑ Wheeler, Q. D. (1977). Placement of Anisotoma fenderi Hatch (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Agathidiini). Entomological News, 88, 137–138.
  18. ↑ "Agathidium integricolle". www.mindat.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  19. ↑ Brown, W. J. (1928). New Silphidae and Melyridae in the Canadian National Collection. Canadian Entomologist, 60, 141–148.
  20. ↑ Wheeler, Quentin D.; Miller, Kelly B. (2005). Slime-mold Beetles of the Genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America. American Museum of Natural History. p. 14.
  21. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, A. M. F. J. (1817). In Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amérique, dans les royaumes d’Oware et de Benin, á Saint-Dominique et dans les États-Unis, pendant les années 1786–1797. Paris: Impr. de Fain et compagnie.
  22. ↑ LeConte, J. L. (1866). Additions to the Coleopterous fauna of the United States. No. 1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 18, 361–394.
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  25. ↑ Fall, H. C. (1901). List of the Coleoptera of southern California, with notes on habits and distribution of new species. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 8, 1–282.
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