Hippodamia is a genus of ladybirds in the family Coccinellidae. It includes the most common native North American "ladybug", H. convergens, which can form overwintering aggregations numbering in the millions. Another notable member is Hippodamia variegata, which occurs widely over both the North and South Hemispheres.
The Bostrichidae are a family of beetles with more than 700 described species. They are commonly called auger beetles, false powderpost beetles, or horned powderpost beetles. The head of most auger beetles cannot be seen from above, as it is downwardly directed and hidden by the thorax. Exceptions are the powderpost beetles, and members of the subfamily Psoinae.
Johann August Ephraim Goeze was a German zoologist from Aschersleben.
Agonum is a large genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae, tribe Platynini. They are mid-sized to smallish beetles, typically with dark metallic hues – often reddish or bronze, but sometimes black, green etc.
Lyctus is a genus of powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae, being present on all continents except Antarctica.
Johann Melchior Goeze was a Lutheran pastor and theologian during the period of Late Orthodoxy. From 1760 to 1770 he served as senior of Hamburg presiding as spiritual leader over the Lutheran state church of the city-state.
Hylobius transversovittatus is a species of weevil in the family Curculionidae. It is native to the Old World where both adults and larvae feed on purple loosestrife. This plant is regarded as an invasive species in North America and the weevil has been introduced into both the United States and Canada in an effort to control the plant.
Cheilotoma is a genus of beetles in the subfamily Cryptocephalinae of the leaf beetles family.
Cheilotoma musciformis is a species of leaf beetles from the subfamily Cryptocephalinae. It can be found in Europe from the east of France to the south of Ukraine, as well as from the north central part of Poland and the Caucasus. The species are black coloured with orange sides.
Agonum viridicupreum is a species of ground beetle in the Platyninae subfamily. It is found in European countries except in Belarus and Lithuania. It can also be found in Central Asian countries like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It also widely distributed in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Turkey.
Batus barbicornis is a species of beetle in the Cerambycidae family. It was described by Linnaeus in 1764.
Exochomus is a genus of beetle of the Coccinellidae family.
Calathus fuscipes is a species of ground beetle from the Platyninae subfamily that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City and various islands.
Pogonocherus is a genus of flat-faced longhorn beetles in the family Cerambycidae.
Dorcadion glycyrrhizae is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pallas in 1773.
Pogonocherus ovatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1777, originally under the genus Cerambyx. It has a wide distribution throughout Europe, although it has become extinct in several countries, including Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. It measures between 4 to 6 mm. It contains the varietas Pogonocherus ovatus var. subovatus.
Phytoecia rubropunctata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1777, originally under the genus Leptura. It is known from Germany, France, Spain, and Italy. It measures between 8 to 14 mm. It feeds on Trinia glauca.
Scymnus is a genus of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Scymninae and the tribe Scymnini.
