Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare beetle species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis.
Platerodrilus is a genus of beetles of the family Lycidae. They commonly appear in the literature under the name Duliticola, which is an obsolete junior synonym. The females retain a larval form as adults and are about 40–80 mm in length. The females and larvae have a flattened, dark body with large scales over the head, resembling trilobites, hence the informal names trilobite beetle, trilobite larva or Sumatran trilobite larva. In contrast, the males are much smaller, 8–9 mm, resembling other beetles. Species are found in tropical forests of India and South-east Asia.
Necrobia ruficollis, the ham beetle, red-shouldered ham beetle, or red-necked bacon beetle, is a mostly carnivorous beetle in the family Cleridae with a cosmopolitan distribution.
Hyboderini is a tribe of beetles in the subfamily Cerambycinae, containing the following genera and species:
Haliplus ruficollis is a species of water beetle from the Haliplidae family that can be found everywhere in Europe, the Near East and the East Palaearctic, but is absent in Albania and all European islands except for Corsica.
Aprophata ruficollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Heller in 1916. It is known from the Philippines.
Callimetopus ruficollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Heller in 1915. It is known from the Philippines.
Oberea ruficollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1792, originally under the genus Saperda. It is known from the United States.
Chariesthes ruficollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1942. It is known from Somalia.
Mimolagrida ruficollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1957. It is known from Madagascar. It contains the varietas Mimolagrida ruficollis var. nigrescens.
Crudosilis ruficollis is a species of soldier beetles native to Europe.
Asclera ruficollis, the red-necked false blister beetle, is a species of false blister beetle in the family Oedemeridae. It is found in North America.
Agrilus ruficollis, the red-necked cane borer, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
Tytthonyx ruficollis is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America.
Cryphalus ruficollis is a species of bark beetle in the family Curculionidae that lives in North America.
Rhinoplatia ruficollis is a species of false blister beetle in the family Oedemeridae. It is found in North America.
Calathus ruficollis is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and Oceania.
Weston Fen is a 14-hectare (35-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Weston-on-the-Green in Oxfordshire.
Leptusa ruficollis is a species of beetle belonging to the family Staphylinidae.
Heliotaurus is a genus of comb-clawed beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least six described species in Heliotaurus. They are found in the Palearctic and tropical Africa.
