Sagittariidae is a family of raptor with one living species—the secretarybird native to Africa—and a few fossil taxa.
Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger was a German entomologist and zoologist.
Empusa is a genus of praying mantids in the family Empusidae and tribe Empusini. Records of occurrence include Africa, mainland Europe and western Asia through to India.
Silpha is a genus of the family Silphidae, or carrion beetles, native to the Old World, with one species that is adventive in Canada.
Calodromius is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. It contains the following species:
Oryctes is the most economically important genus of rhinoceros beetles in the subfamily Dynastinae, since it includes a notorious insect pest of palms.
Bromius obscurus, the western grape rootworm, is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family. It is the only member of the genus Bromius. The distribution of the species is holarctic; it can be found in North America, wide parts of Europe, and Asia. The species is a known pest of grape vines in Europe and western North America.
Rhamphini is a weevil tribe in the subfamily Curculioninae.
Metacantharis is a genus of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae.
Eumolpus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It includes 40 species, most of which have a large size and include some of the largest members of the subfamily. They are distributed throughout the Neotropical realm, though one species has been recorded as far north as Arizona, and the genus is not found in the Caribbean.
Cercyon is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Cercyon.
Trogium is a genus of granary booklice in the family Trogiidae. There are about eight described species in Trogium.
Silpha tristis is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America. It was described in 1798 by the German entomologist Illiger.
Chrysochus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from North America, Europe and Asia.
Cryptophyllium westwoodii is a species of leaf insect in the family Phylliidae. It is distributed from southern China, the Andaman islands, Myanmar, Indo-China, Sumatra and the Riouw Archipelago.
Chrysochus asclepiadeus is a member of the leaf beetle subfamily Eumolpinae. It is considered the type species of the genus Chrysochus, though it has sometimes been placed within the genus Eumolpus. It is the only species of Chrysochus distributed in the western Palaearctic. It is mainly found in Europe, though it is also known from Kazakhstan and Turkey in Asia.
Anisoxya is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Melandryidae.
Liothorax is a genus of beetles belonging to the subfamily Aphodiinae.
Bolitophagini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 20 genera in Bolitophagini.
Phyllium philippinicum is a species of leaf insect in the family Phylliidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
