Oswald Heer, Swiss geologist and naturalist, was born at Niederuzwil in Canton of St. Gallen and died in Lausanne.
Glypheidea is an infra-order of decapod crustaceans, comprising a number of fossil forms and the two extant genera Neoglyphea and Laurentaeglyphea:
Staphylinoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is a very large and diverse group with worldwide distribution.
Geotrupes is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least 30 described species in Geotrupes.
Buprestis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. As of 2011 there were 78 described species distributed across most of the world's ecozones except parts of Africa and Antarctica.
Nabis is a genus of damsel bugs in the family Nabidae.
Buprestinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following genera in the tribes Anthaxiini, Buprestini, Chrysobothrini, Melanophilini, and Xenorhipidini:
Eurythyrea is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Capnodis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Chalcophora is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following living species:
Dicerca is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Perotis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Helops is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Tenebrioninae.
Alydus is the type genus of broad-headed bugs in the family Alydidae. There are about 11 described species in Alydus, including 2 extinct species. Species are recorded from North America and Europe through to temperate Asia.
Nitidula is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 20 described species in Nitidula.
