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| Compsocephalus bayeri | |
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| Genus: | Compsocephalus White, 1845 |
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Compsocephalus is a genus of flower chafers belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. [1] These beetles are most commonly found in East Africa, more specifically Kenya.
Compsocephalus are medium to large beetles, with a consistent metallic shine to their colouration. The male has a short, pointed horn on its forehead.
Maximilian Maria Kolbe, venerated as Saint Maximilian Kolbe, was a Polish Catholic priest and 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.
Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year. Its constituent families are also undergoing revision presently, and the family list below is only preliminary.
Anthia is a genus of the ground beetle family (Carabidae). Species of Anthia can spray a jet of formic acid up to 30 centimetres (12 in), which if not treated, can cause blindness in animals which harass the beetles.
The Trichiini are a tribe of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae), though historically they were often classified as a subfamily, Trichiinae. The conspicuous bee beetles (Trichius) are probably the best-known genus in Europe.
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.
Ant nest beetles or paussines, some members of which are known also as flanged bombardier beetles, are a large subfamily within the ground beetles (Carabidae). The tribes Metriini, Ozaenini, Paussini and Protopaussini are included in the subfamily.
Propalticidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. It contains two genera with the following species:
Heliocopris is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Forty-seven of the fifty-two known species are found in Africa, but some are found in southern and southeast Asia.
Orthogonius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Carabidomemnus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Tmesorrhina is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
Tmesorrhina is a genus of beetles from the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae.
Phryneta is a genus of flat-faced longhorn beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae.
Cantharocnemis is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Prioninae. The species in the genus are mainly found in Africa with a few species in Asia.
Phrynetini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. It was described by Thomson in 1864.
Crossotini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. It was described by Thomson in 1864.
Morimopsini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. It was described by Lacordaire in 1869.
Tragocephalini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. It was described by James Thomson in 1857.
Batrachorhina is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Cetoniini is a tribe of fruit and flower chafers in the family of beetles known as Scarabaeidae. There are over 80 genera in Cetoniini.